On Growth of Double Cosets in Hyperbolic Groups

Abstract: Let $H$ be a hyperbolic group, $A$ and $B$ be subgroups of $H$, and $gr(H,A,B)$ be the growth function of the double cosets $AhB, h \in H$. We prove that the behavior of $gr(H,A,B)$ splits into two different cases. If $A$ and $B$ are not quasiconvex, we obtain that every growth function of a finitely presented group can appear as $gr(H,A,B)$. We can even take $A=B$. In contrast, for quasiconvex subgroups A and B of infinite index, $gr(H,A,B)$ is exponential. Moreover, there exists a constant $\lambda > 0$, such that $gr(H,A,B)(r) >\lambda f_H(r)$ for all big enough $r$, where $f_H(r)$ is the growth function of the group $H$. So, we have a clear dychotomy between the quasiconvex and non-quasiconvex case.