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Weanalyzethecomputationalcomplexityofanalgorithmtosolve the conjugacy search problem in a certain family of metabelian groups. We prove that in general the time complexity of the conjugacy search problem for these groups is at most…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-03-27 Jonathan Gryak , Delaram Kahrobaei , Conchita Martinez-Perez

We prove that the complexity of the Conjugacy Problems for wreath products and for free solvable groups is decidable in polynomial time. For the wreath product AwrB, we must assume the decidability in polynomial time of the Conjugacy…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2010-11-30 Svetla Vassileva

Machine learning and pattern recognition techniques have been successfully applied to algorithmic problems in free groups. In this paper, we seek to extend these techniques to finitely presented non-free groups, with a particular emphasis…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-02-22 Jonathan Gryak , Robert M. Haralick , Delaram Kahrobaei

We present a deterministic linear-time algorithm for finding an odd cycle through two specified vertices in an undirected graph. This is shown in a generalized form as follows: Let $\Gamma$ be any group in which every element is of order at…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Takumi Kano , Yutaro Yamaguchi

In this paper we introduce a polynomial time algorithm that solves both the conjugacy decision and search problems in free abelian-by-infinite cyclic groups where the input is elements in normal form. We do this by adapting the work of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2014-10-21 Bren Cavallo , Delaram Kahrobaei

We provide an algorithm which, for a given quadratic equation in the Grigorchuk group determines if it has a solution. As a corollary to our approach, we prove that the group has a finite commutator width.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2013-04-23 Igor Lysenok , Alexei Miasnikov , Alexander Ushakov

We consider several subgroup-related algorithmic questions in groups, modeled after the classic computational lattice problems, and study their computational complexity. We find polynomial time solutions to problems like finding a subgroup…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2015-08-12 Alexei Myasnikov , Andrey Nikolaev , Alexander Ushakov

We study, from a constructive computational point of view, the techniques used to solve the conjugacy problem in the "generic" lattice-ordered group Aut(R) of order automorphisms of the real line. We use these techniques in order to show…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2010-08-02 W. Charles Holland , Boaz Tsaban

In this paper we study the conjugacy problem in polycyclic groups. Our main result is that we construct polycyclic groups $G_n$ whose conjugacy problem is at least as hard as the subset sum problem with $n$ indeterminates. As such, the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2014-10-21 Bren Cavallo , Delaram Kahrobaei

Motivated by the problem of matching vertices in two correlated Erd\H{o}s-R\'enyi graphs, we study the problem of matching two correlated Gaussian Wigner matrices. We propose an iterative matching algorithm, which succeeds in polynomial…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-01 Jian Ding , Zhangsong Li

This manuscript represents the author's PhD dissertation thesis.The first part studies decision problems in Thompson's groups F,T,V and some generalizations. The simultaneous conjugacy problem is determined to be solvable for Thompson's…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2008-07-21 Francesco Matucci

We say that two elements of a group or semigroup are $\Bbbk$-linear conjugates if their images under any linear representation over $\Bbbk$ are conjugate matrices. In this paper we characterize $\Bbbk$-linear conjugacy for finite semigroups…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2019-11-13 Benjamin Steinberg

In this article, we propose a geometric framework dedicated to the study of van Kampen diagrams of graph products of groups. As an application, we find information on the word and the conjugacy problems. The main new result of the paper…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-02-12 Anthony Genevois

We analyze the preservation properties of a family of reversible splitting methods when they are applied to the numerical time integration of linear differential equations defined in the unitary group. The schemes involve complex…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-01 Joackim Bernier , Sergio Blanes , Fernando Casas , Alejandro Escorihuela-Tomàs

Recent advancements in quantum computing and quantum-inspired algorithms have sparked renewed interest in binary optimization. These hardware and software innovations promise to revolutionize solution times for complex problems. In this…

We present both, theory and an algorithm for solving time-harmonic wave problems in a general setting. The time-harmonic solutions will be achieved by computing time-periodic solutions of the original wave equations. Thus, an exact…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-05-23 Dirk Pauly , Tuomo Rossi

In this note we investigate the conjugacy problem in lamplighter groups with particular interest in the role of their geometry. In particular we show that the conjugacy length function is linear.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2016-01-14 Andrew W. Sale

The $d$-Simultaneous Conjugacy problem in the symmetric group $S_n$ asks whether there exists a permutation $\tau \in S_n$ such that $b_j = \tau^{-1}a_j \tau$ holds for all $j = 1,2,\ldots, d$, where $a_1, a_2,\ldots , a_d$ and $b_1,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-07-14 Andrej Brodnik , Aleksander Malnič , Rok Požar

Using combinatorial techniques, we answer two questions about simple classical Lie groups. Define $N(G,m)$ to be the number of conjugacy classes of elements of finite order $m$ in a Lie group $G$, and $N(G,m,s)$ to be the number of such…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-11-05 Tamar Friedmann , Richard P. Stanley

We prove that the compressed word problem and the compressed simultaneous conjugacy problem are solvable in polynomial time in hyperbolic groups. In such problems, group elements are input as words defined by straight line programs defined…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-03-22 Derek Holt , Markus Lohrey , Saul Schleimer