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The word problem of the Brin-Thompson group is coNP-complete

Group Theory 2020-02-12 v2 Computational Complexity

Abstract

We prove that the word problem of the Brin-Thompson group nV over a finite generating set is coNP-complete for every n \ge 2. It is known that the groups nV are an infinite family of infinite, finitely presented, simple groups. We also prove that the word problem of the Thompson group V over a certain infinite set of generators, related to boolean circuits, is coNP-complete.

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@article{arxiv.1902.03852,
  title  = {The word problem of the Brin-Thompson group is coNP-complete},
  author = {J. C. Birget},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.03852},
  year   = {2020}
}

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