Asymptotic growth conjecture for trivial words in Baumslag–Solitar groups

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Let BS(N,N)\mathrm{BS}(N,N) be the Baumslag–Solitar group, and let gn,0g_{n,0} denote the number of trivial words of length nn in it. Write μN\mu_N for the exponential growth rate and ANA_N for the corresponding amplitude. Asymptotic growth conjecture. The number of trivial words in BS(N,N)\mathrm{BS}(N,N) satisfies

gn,0∼ANμNnn−2g_{n,0} \sim A_N\mu_N^n n^{-2}

for N≥2N\geq 2. The exponent n−2n^{-2} is established in the paper for N=2,3,4,5N=2,3,4,5, but the amplitudes have not been identified and the general assertion remains open.

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M. Elder, A. Rechnitzer, E. J. Janse van Rensburg and T. Wong, “On trivial words in finitely presented groups”, arXiv:1210.3425 (2013).

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