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Building on the previous extensive study of Yang, Gould and the present author, we provide a more precise insight into the group-theoretical ramifications of the word problem for free idempotent generated semigroups over finite biordered…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2020-09-22 Igor Dolinka

In this paper we give a polynomial-time quantum algorithm for computing orders of solvable groups. Several other problems, such as testing membership in solvable groups, testing equality of subgroups in a given solvable group, and testing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 John Watrous

The worst-case complexity of group-theoretic algorithms has been studied for a long time. Generic-case complexity, or complexity on random inputs, was introduced and studied relatively recently. In this paper, we address the average-case…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-02-10 Alexander Olshanskii , Vladimir Shpilrain

We introduce the space function $s(n)$ of a finitely presented semigroup $S =<A\mid R>.$ To define $s(n)$ we consider pairs of words $w,w'$ over $A$ of length at most $n$ equal in $S$ and use relations from $R$ for the transformations…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2011-11-08 Alexander Olshanskii

We propose a way of associating to each finitely generated monoid or semigroup a formal language, called its loop problem. In the case of a group, the loop problem is essentially the same as the word problem in the sense of combinatorial…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2019-05-01 Mark Kambites

A special inverse monoid is one defined by a presentation where all the defining relations have the form $r = 1$. By a result of Ivanov Margolis and Meakin the word problem for such an inverse monoid can often be reduced to the word problem…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-12-05 Jonathan Warne

We prove that the compressed word problem in a group that is hyperbolic relative to a collection of free abelian subgroups is solvable in polynomial time.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-07-15 Derek Holt , Sarah Rees

Recently, in weighted automata theory the weight structure of strong bimonoids has found much interest; they form a generalization of semirings and are closely related to near-semirings studied in algebra. Here, we define polynomials over a…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2025-11-04 Manfred Droste , Zoltán Fülöp

We consider blind, deterministic, finite automata equipped with a register which stores an element of a given monoid, and which is modified by right multiplication by monoid elements. We show that, for monoids M drawn from a large class…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Mark Kambites

In this paper, the Identity Problem for certain groups, which asks if the subsemigroup generated by a given finite set of elements contains the identity element, is related to problems regarding ordered groups. Notably, the Identity Problem…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-11-26 Corentin Bodart , Laura Ciobanu , George Metcalfe

We study the computational complexity of the Word Problem (WP) in free solvable groups $S_{r,d}$, where $r \geq 2$ is the rank and $d \geq 2$ is the solvability class of the group. It is known that the Magnus embedding of $S_{r,d}$ into…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2008-07-08 A. Myasnikov , V. Roman'kov , A. Ushakov , A. Vershik

The word problem is an old and central problem in (computational) group theory. It is well-known that the word problem is undecidable in general, but decidable for specific types of presentations. Consistent polycyclic presentations are an…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2022-07-14 Tobias Moede , Matthias Neumann-Brosig

We consider the classic partial sums problem on the ultra-wide word RAM model of computation. This model extends the classic $w$-bit word RAM model with special ultrawords of length $w^2$ bits that support standard arithmetic and boolean…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-10-01 Philip Bille , Inge Li Gørtz , Frederik Rye Skjoldjensen

(1) There is a finitely presented group with a word problem which is a uniformly effectively inseparable equivalence relation. (2) There is a finitely generated group of computable permutations with a word problem which is a universal…

Logic · Mathematics 2016-09-13 André Nies , Andrea Sorbi

This paper studies the classes of semigoups and monoids with context-free and deterministic context-free word problem. First, some examples are exhibited to clarify the relationship between these classes and their connection with the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-03-26 Tara Brough , Alan J. Cain , Markus Pfeiffer

We show that the freeness problems for automaton semigroups and for automaton monoids are undecidable and, thereby, solve an open problem listed by Grigorchuk, Nekrashevych and Sush\-chansk\u{\i}i. We achieve this using a new technique to…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-19 Daniele D'Angeli , Emanuele Rodaro , Jan Philipp Wächter

We construct a finitely presented (two-sided) totally orderable group with insoluble word problem.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2014-02-26 V. V. Bludov , A. M. W. Glass

The word problem for discrete groups is well-known to be undecidable by a Turing Machine; more precisely, it is reducible both to and from and thus equivalent to the discrete Halting Problem. The present work introduces and studies a real…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Martin Ziegler , Klaus Meer

We provide the first fully polynomial-time randomized approximation scheme for the following two counting problems: 1. Given a Context Free Grammar $G$ over alphabet $\Sigma$, count the number of words of length exactly $n$ generated by…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Kuldeep S. Meel , Alexis de Colnet

The Profinite Isomorphism Problem for a class of groups \mathcal{C} asks for an algorithm that decides for any two groups in \mathcal{C} whether they have isomorphic profinite completions. We present the positive solution to this problem…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-05-29 Dan Segal