The growth of free inverse semigroups
- 👤 Speaker: Carl-Fredrik Nyberg-Brodda (Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS))
- 📅 Date & Time: Thursday 10 July 2025, 15:30 - 16:30
- 📍 Venue: Seminar Room 1, Newton Institute
Abstract
I will discuss recent work, joint with Mark Kambites, Nóra Szakács, and Richard Webb (Manchester), on determining the exact exponential growth rate of free inverse semigroups, algebraic objects arising from considering finite connected subgraphs of the Cayley graph of the free group. These growth rates turn out to be algebraic numbers with rather mysterious defining polynomials. I will also briefly discuss growth rates of closely related algebraic objects, called free regular *-semigroups, and show that the growth rate for the monogenic such object is intermediate.
Series This talk is part of the Isaac Newton Institute Seminar Series series.
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Carl-Fredrik Nyberg-Brodda (Korea Institute for Advanced Study (KIAS))
Thursday 10 July 2025, 15:30-16:30