An Iwasawa-type asymptotic formula for multiple $\mathbb{Z}_p$-coverings of graphs

Abstract

For a possibly ramified $\mathbb{Z}_p^d$-covering of connected graphs, we establish an Iwasawa-type asymptotic formula for the growth of the $p$-adic valuations of the complexities. The formula is expressed as a polynomial in $n$ and $p^n$ with explicit leading coefficients $λ$ and $μ$; in particular, we eliminate the error term of the form $O(p^{(d-1)n})$ appearing in earlier work. We then establish a Kida-type formula describing the behavior of $λ$ under a $p$-covering between $\mathbb{Z}_p^d$-coverings, assuming $μ= 0$. Finally, for any fixed $p$ and integer $d \geq 2$, we construct an unramified $\mathbb{Z}_p^d$-covering of a bouquet with prescribed $λ$- and $μ$-invariants.