2007.31: The spectra of lamplighter groups and Cayley machines
2007.31: Mark Kambites, Pedro V. Silva and Benjamin Steinberg (2006) The spectra of lamplighter groups and Cayley machines. Geometria Dedicata, 120 (1). pp. 193-227. ISSN 0046-5755
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DOI: 10.1007/s10711-006-9086-8
Abstract
We calculate the spectra and spectral measures associated to random walks on restricted wreath products G wr $$\mathbb{Z}$$, with G a finite group, by calculating the Kesten—von Neumann—Serre spectral measures for the random walks on Schreier graphs of certain groups generated by automata. This generalises the work of Grigorchuk and Żuk on the lamplighter group. In the process we characterise when the usual spectral measure for a group generated by an automaton coincides with the Kesten—von Neumann—Serre spectral measure.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Automata group - Wreath product - Markov operator - Spectra - Lamplighters - Random walks |
| Subjects: | MSC 2000 > 20 Group theory and generalizations |
| MIMS number: | 2007.31 |
| Deposited By: | Miss Louise Stait |
| Deposited On: | 27 March 2007 |
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