known as combinatorial group theory, the word problem for a finitely generated group G {\displaystyle G} is the algorithmic problem of deciding whether two...
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situations Word problem (mathematics), a decision problem for algebraic identities in mathematics and computer science Word problem for groups, the problem of...
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to a set of rewriting identities. A prototypical example is the word problem for groups, but there are many other instances as well. Some deep results...
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as a reduced word in S. Word problem (mathematics) Word problem for groups for example, fdr1 and r1fc in the group of square symmetries for example, xy...
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{\displaystyle \leq 1} is undecidable. The word problem for groups. The conjugacy problem. The group isomorphism problem. Determining whether two finite simplicial...
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finitely presented groups. By the word problem for groups, which is equivalent to the halting problem, it is impossible to classify such groups, so a full topological...
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the word problem for groups; and the classical Burnside problem. See the book by Chandler and Magnus for a detailed history of combinatorial group theory...
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relations. The negative solution to the word problem for groups states that there is a finite presentation ⟨S | R⟩ for which there is no algorithm which, given...
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schools. One of the first problems suspected to be undecidable, in the second sense of the term, was the word problem for groups, first posed by Max Dehn...
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Coset enumeration (category Computational group theory)
unlike the Todd–Coxeter algorithm, it can sometimes solve the word problem for infinite groups. The main practical difficulties in producing a coset enumerator...
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diffeomorphism or homeomorphism in dimensions ≥ 4 – because the word problem for groups cannot be solved – but it is possible to classify manifolds up...
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are impossible to classify, as this is harder than solving the word problem for groups. Simply connected compact 5-manifolds were first classified by...
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Muller–Schupp theorem (category Geometric group theory)
Muller–Schupp theorem states that a finitely generated group G has context-free word problem if and only if G is virtually free. The theorem was proved...
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John Britton (mathematician) (category Group theorists)
from Yorkshire who worked in combinatorial group theory and was an expert on the word problem for groups. Britton was a member of the London Mathematical...
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Pyotr Novikov (category Group theorists)
Novikov is known for his work on combinatorial problems in group theory: the word problem for groups, and his progress in the Burnside problem. In 1955, he...
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Combinatorics on words (redirect from Word combinatorics)
lemma Partial word Shift space Word metric Word problem (computability) Word problem (mathematics) Word problem for groups Young–Fibonacci lattice Berstel...
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interstellar and circumstellar molecules Smallest grammar problem Word problem for groups Marshall SM, Mathis C, Carrick E, et al. (24 May 2021). "Identifying...
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it homeomorphic to a manifold? The problem is undecidable; the proof is by reduction from the word problem for groups.: 11 Stillwell, John (1993), Classical...
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just a group with exponent n. The Burnside problem for groups with bounded exponent asks: Burnside problem I. If G is a finitely generated group with exponent...
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groups for which the restriction of the isomorphism problem is known to be decidable. They include finitely generated abelian groups, finite groups,...
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Entscheidungsproblem Halting problem Correctness Post correspondence problem Decidable language Undecidable language Word problem for groups Wang tile Penrose tiling...
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science. Group theory is also central to public key cryptography. Central extension Direct product of groups Direct sum of groups Extension problem Free abelian...
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rationals Plastic ratio – Number, approximately 1.3247 Word problem for groups – Problem in finite group theory O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Axel...
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Year 2000 problem, it made Microsoft Word 5.5 for DOS available for free downloads. As of February 2021[update], it is still available for download from...
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word problem for groups was proved algorithmically unsolvable by Pyotr Novikov in 1955 and independently by W. Boone in 1959. The busy beaver problem...
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Lenin Prize (redirect from Lenin Prize for Literature)
(1957, mathematics, for proving the undecidability of the word problem for groups) Sergei Prokofiev (1957, music, posthumously, for his Symphony No. 7)...
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Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov, who gave a negative solution to the word problem for groups. His mother, Lyudmila Vsevolodovna Keldysh, and maternal uncle...
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List of abstract algebra topics (section Group theory)
of a group Word problem for groups Quotient group Extension problem Direct sum, direct product Semidirect product Wreath product Types Simple group Finite...
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1912 Dehn gave an algorithm that solves both the word and conjugacy problem for the fundamental groups of closed orientable two-dimensional manifolds of...
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