Amenability of linear-activity automaton groups

Gideon Amir, Omer Angel, Balint Virag

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Abstract

We prove that every linear-activity automaton group is amenable. The proof is based on showing that a random walk on a specially constructed degree 1 automaton group-the mother group-has asymptotic entropy 0. Our result answers an open question by Nekrashevych in the Kourovka notebook, and gives a partial answer to a question of Sidki.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)705-730
Number of pages26
JournalJournal of the European Mathematical Society
Volume15
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Applied Mathematics
  • General Mathematics

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