Growth series for the commutator subgroup

Growth series for the commutator subgroup
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 124 (1996), 1329-1335 Request permission

In this paper we study growth series associated to commutator subgroups of surface groups. We conclude that these growth series are not rational.

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