Growth and Language Complexity of Potentially Positive Elements of Free Groups

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Autori principali: Dinowitz, Emma, Koch-Hyde, Lucy, O'Connor, Siobhan, Olive, Eamonn
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Dinowitz, Emma
Koch-Hyde, Lucy
O'Connor, Siobhan
Olive, Eamonn
author_facet Dinowitz, Emma
Koch-Hyde, Lucy
O'Connor, Siobhan
Olive, Eamonn
contents A word in a free group is called ``potentially positive'' if it is automorphic to an element which is written with only positive exponents. We will develop automata to analyze properties of potentially positive words. We will use these to give new bounds on the asymptotic growth of potentially positive elements in free groups of 2 to 7 generators. We prove the bounds for $F_2$ are tight, giving the growth function up to a constant multiplier. We use the same tools to show that certain restricted automata cannot recognize the set of potentially positive elements.
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spellingShingle Growth and Language Complexity of Potentially Positive Elements of Free Groups
Dinowitz, Emma
Koch-Hyde, Lucy
O'Connor, Siobhan
Olive, Eamonn
Group Theory
A word in a free group is called ``potentially positive'' if it is automorphic to an element which is written with only positive exponents. We will develop automata to analyze properties of potentially positive words. We will use these to give new bounds on the asymptotic growth of potentially positive elements in free groups of 2 to 7 generators. We prove the bounds for $F_2$ are tight, giving the growth function up to a constant multiplier. We use the same tools to show that certain restricted automata cannot recognize the set of potentially positive elements.
title Growth and Language Complexity of Potentially Positive Elements of Free Groups
topic Group Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.13967