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The domino problem is undecidable on surface groups

Group Theory 2020-05-07 v1 Discrete Mathematics Dynamical Systems

Abstract

We show that the domino problem is undecidable on orbit graphs of non-deterministic substitutions which satisfy a technical property. As an application, we prove that the domino problem is undecidable for the fundamental group of any closed orientable surface of genus at least 2.

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@article{arxiv.1811.08420,
  title  = {The domino problem is undecidable on surface groups},
  author = {Nathalie Aubrun and Sebastián Barbieri and Etienne Moutot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1811.08420},
  year   = {2020}
}

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