A Pansiot-type subword complexity theorem for automorphisms of free groups

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Main Authors: Hilion, Arnaud, Levitt, Gilbert
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author Hilion, Arnaud
Levitt, Gilbert
author_facet Hilion, Arnaud
Levitt, Gilbert
contents Inspired by Pansiot's work on substitutions, we prove a similar theorem for automorphisms of a free group F of finite rank: if a right-infinite word X represents an attracting fixed point of an automorphism of F, the subword complexity of X is equivalent to n, n log log n, n log n, or n^2. The proof uses combinatorial arguments analogue to Pansiot's as well as train tracks. We also define the recurrence complexity of X, and we apply it to laminations. In particular, we show that attracting laminations have complexity equivalent to n, n log log n, n log n, or n^2 (to n if the automorphism is fully irreducible).
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spellingShingle A Pansiot-type subword complexity theorem for automorphisms of free groups
Hilion, Arnaud
Levitt, Gilbert
Group Theory
Combinatorics
Dynamical Systems
Geometric Topology
Inspired by Pansiot's work on substitutions, we prove a similar theorem for automorphisms of a free group F of finite rank: if a right-infinite word X represents an attracting fixed point of an automorphism of F, the subword complexity of X is equivalent to n, n log log n, n log n, or n^2. The proof uses combinatorial arguments analogue to Pansiot's as well as train tracks. We also define the recurrence complexity of X, and we apply it to laminations. In particular, we show that attracting laminations have complexity equivalent to n, n log log n, n log n, or n^2 (to n if the automorphism is fully irreducible).
title A Pansiot-type subword complexity theorem for automorphisms of free groups
topic Group Theory
Combinatorics
Dynamical Systems
Geometric Topology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2208.00676