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Counterexamples involving growth series and Euler characteristics
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Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 102 (1988), 49-51 Request permission

Abstract:

This note presents examples for which the value of a finitely generated group’s growth series at 1 is not the reciprocal of the group’s Euler characteristic.
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Additional Information
  • © Copyright 1988 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 102 (1988), 49-51
  • MSC: Primary 20F05
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1988-0915713-7
  • MathSciNet review: 915713