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On Cayley graphs: Part 1

A Cayley graph can be considered as an attempt to geometrize or visualize groups . Algebraically, a group is just a bunch of letters some of them having an inverse script. By visualizing groups, we may observe some patterns in their structure. So let's see how can we construct Cayley graphs. Take an arbitrary group $G$ with a set of generators $S\subset G$. In other words, every element of $G$ can be written as: \begin{equation} g = s_1^{\epsilon_1}s_2^{\epsilon_2}\ldots s_n^{\epsilon_n},\quad \epsilon_i\in\{\pm1 \} \end{equation} As for $S$, we assume that $S^{-1} = S$, i.e. $s\in S$ implies $s^{-1}\in S$, and $1\not\in S$. In fact these assumptions are not necessary, but tend to make life a bit easier. Let us construct a Cayley graph $\Gamma=(V,E)$ as follows: $V=G$ $(g,h)\in E$ if $gs = h$ for some $s\in S$, or equivalently $g^{-1}h\in S$ We can observe few things straight away about $\Gamma$. It is undirected as $gs = h$ happens when $g = hs^{-1}$. Any two vert...

On my decision to study automatic groups

In this post I would like to relate some of the reasons why I decided to study automatic groups near the end of my PhD term. I have always been fascinated about patterns occurring in universe. I marvel at the objects of ever-increasing complexities populating our universe. Probably, that is the reason why I chose to study mathematics. For me mathematics is a study of patterns. But these patterns are not limited to our physical universe. Most of the time, they live in some abstract universes. In those universes, patterns live in different continents which can interpreted as fields like Algebra, Analysis, Geometry, Topology, Mathematical Logic and much more. Some patterns occur at different continents and travel back and forth along some bridges. One of the most famous among such bridges is Langlands program. Pondering on such bridges gives me a deep sense of wonder. In my third year, I mainly focused on a notion of algorithmic randomness. A randomness occurs when some patterns are no...

Welcome to this blog

Hi, my name is Birzhan Moldagaliyev. In this blog I hope to share my journey in search for patterns in the universe. I believe that Mathematics is a study of general patterns taking place in abstract spaces. My current research involves studying geometries of Cayley graphs corresponding to automatic and Cayley-automatic groups. I intend to share my research progress in this blog. As for patterns found in the real world, I believe that machine learning is one of the most potent tools to harness such patterns. So I hope to learn some Machine Learning and share my learning experience here. I hope that you, reader, will find some of the things written here useful. Feel free to comment anything here. Thanks, Birzhan.