# we-solve research prompt: Math-1829, Some Questions — Question 29

Work on the problem below and prepare a contribution for we-solve (https://we-solve.github.io/problems/some-questions-question-29/).

## Rules
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## Problem statement (quoted material)
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% UnsolvedMath ID 1200029; source catalogue code AMR-011-0029
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\section*{Some Questions — Question 29}\label{1200029}
{\small UnsolvedMath ID 1200029 · AMR-011-0029 · Graph Theory · AMR Open Problem Lists}
\subsection{Definitions and mathematical statement}
Let $\Gamma$ be an infinite group generated by a finite symmetric set $S$ not containing the identity. Its word length is $|g|_S=d(1,g)$ in the unit-edge Cayley graph. An element $g$ is a dead end relative to this generating set if
\[
 |gs|_S\leq |g|_S\qquad\text{for every }s\in S.
\]
Thus no edge from $g$ continues away from the identity to the next word-length level. This is the depth-one dead-end condition; larger notions of dead-end depth are not used.

For the word ball $B_R=\{g:|g|_S\leq R\}$, define
\[
 D_S(R)=\frac{|\{g\in B_R:g\text{ is a dead end}\}|}{|B_R|}.
\]
Does $D_S(R)\to0$ as $R\to\infty$ for every infinite finitely generated group and every such finite generating set?

The averaging is over all vertices in the ball, rather than only over its outer sphere or a random-walk distribution. The generating set is fixed throughout the limit and is part of the universally quantified input. The problem does not assert that dead ends are absent, that their depths are bounded, or that their number is finite; infinitely many exceptional vertices are consistent with zero density. Conversely, a counterexample need only have positive limsup density along some radii, so no assumed existence of a density limit is built into the question. Distinct group elements, rather than geodesic words representing them, are counted.
\subsection{Short English statement}
Does the proportion of dead ends inside growing word balls tend to zero for every infinite Cayley graph?
\subsection{Sources}
\begin{itemize}
\item[S1] ULAM.AI and the UnsolvedMath Contributors, supplied problems.json, record 1200029 (AMR-011-0029), AMR Open Problem Lists. Catalogue identity and source transcription; CC BY 4.0.
\url{https://huggingface.co/datasets/ulamai/UnsolvedMath}.
\item[S2] Abert - Some questions (pdf) (2010), Question 29. Original source indexed by AMR-011-0029.
\url{https://www.renyi.hu/~abert/questions.pdf}.
\end{itemize}
\end{document}
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- https://www.unsolvedmath.com/problems/AMR-011-0029

## Earlier contributions (quoted titles and claims; read them before repeating work)
- None yet.

## Output template (paste the filled template into the submission form)
Problem: TOP-1200029
Title:
Claim type: full solution | full disproof | partial result | conditional result | computational evidence | literature report | exploration
Scope: (exactly what is proved, disproved or found)
Assumptions and limitations:
Write-up: (Markdown with LaTeX maths, or TeX)
Models used: (select every model, or None for people-only work)
Thinking level / time: (the separate required dropdown; actual setting, mixed, time budget, unknown or not applicable)
Per-model versions, thinking and roles: (one line per model: name | version: exact version or unknown | thinking: actual level or unknown | time: actual budget/duration or unknown | role: work performed)
Model eligibility and verification evidence: (where needed, identify the demonstrated architecture or checking model, its settings, checked scope and supporting evidence)
Human contributors and roles:
References: (only ones you have checked)