On Growth Functions of Coxeter Groups

TL;DR

This paper characterizes the finiteness of growth functions for 2-spherical Coxeter groups, showing specific conditions under which the growth function remains finite or becomes infinite based on the Coxeter diagram.

Contribution

It provides a complete characterization of when the growth function of 2-spherical Coxeter groups with complete diagrams is finite or infinite.

Findings

Finite growth function for q = n-1 in 2-spherical cases

Infinite growth function for q = n-2 with complete diagrams

Complete classification of growth function finiteness for these groups

Abstract

Let $(W, S)$ be a Coxeter system of rank $n$ and let $p_{(W, S)}(t)$ be its growth function. It is known that $p_{(W, S)}(q^{-1}) < \infty$ holds for all $n \leq q \in \mathbb{N}$. In this paper we will show that this still holds for $q = n-1$, if $(W, S)$ is $2$-spherical. Moreover, we will prove that $p_{(W, S)}(q^{-1}) = \infty$ holds for $q = n-2$, if the Coxeter diagram of $(W, S)$ is the complete graph. These two results provide a complete characterization of the finiteness of the growth function in the case of $2$-spherical Coxeter systems with complete Coxeter diagram.