On a series of finite automata defining free transformation groups

  • Mariya Vorobets

    Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
  • Yaroslav Vorobets

    Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

Abstract

We introduce two series of finite automata starting from the so-called Aleshin and Bellaterra automata. We prove that transformations defined by automata from the first series generate a free non-Abelian group of infinite rank, while automata from the second series give rise to the free product of infinitely many groups of order 2.

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Mariya Vorobets, Yaroslav Vorobets, On a series of finite automata defining free transformation groups. Groups Geom. Dyn. 4 (2010), no. 2, pp. 377–405

DOI 10.4171/GGD/87