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We consider a class of groups $V_n(G)$ which are supergroups of the Higman-Thompson groups $V_n$. These groups fit in a framework of Elizabeth Scott for generating infinite virtually simple groups, and the groups we study in particular are…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2014-12-18 Collin Bleak , Casey Donoven , Julius Jonušas

We propose a new generalisation of Cayley automatic groups, varying the time complexity of computing multiplication, and language complexity of the normal form representatives. We first consider groups which have normal form language in the…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-08-18 Dmitry Berdinsky , Murray Elder , Prohrak Kruengthomya

In this paper we explore fundamental concepts in computational complexity theory and the boundaries of algorithmic decidability. We examine the relationship between complexity classes \textbf{P} and \textbf{NP}, where $L \in \textbf{P}$…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Duaa Abdullah , Jasem Hamoud

In this short article, we prove that any automorphism of the R. Thompson's group $F$ has infinitely many twisted conjugacy classes. The result follows from the work of Matthew Brin, together with a standard facts on R. Thompson's group $F$,…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Collin Bleak , Alexander Fel'shtyn , Daciberg L. Gonçalves

The authors continue a series of articles studying certain unitary representations of the Richard Thompson groups $F,T,V$ called Pythagorean. They all extend to the Cuntz algebra $\mathcal{O}$ and conversely all representations of…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2024-08-23 Arnaud Brothier , Dilshan Wijesena

A remarkable result of Thompson states that a finite group is soluble if and only if its two-generated subgroups are soluble. This result has been generalized in numerous ways, and it is in the core of a wide area of research in the theory…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-08-12 P. Hauck , L. S. Kazarin , A. Martínez-Pastor , M. D. Pérez-Ramos

Let $\mathrm{WP}_G$ denote the word problem in a finitely generated group $G$. We consider the complexity of $\mathrm{WP}_G$ with respect to standard deterministic Turing machines. Let $\mathrm{DTIME}_k(t(n))$ be the complexity class of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-03-19 Ievgen Bondarenko

We introduce the concept of a type system~$\Part$, that is, a partition on the set of finite words over the alphabet~$\{0,1\}$ compatible with the partial action of Thompson's group~$V$, and associate a subgroup~$\Stab{V}{\Part}$ of~$V$. We…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-02-28 James Belk , Collin Bleak , Martyn Quick , Rachel Skipper

Using a result of Kari and Ollinger, we prove that the torsion problem for elements of the Brin-Thompson group 2V is undecidable. As a result, we show that there does not exist an algorithm to determine whether an element of the rational…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-10-30 James Belk , Collin Bleak

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…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2020-02-12 J. C. Birget

Countable Similarity Structure (CSS) groups are a class of generalized Thompson groups essentially introduced by Hughes. In this paper, we study CSS$^*$ groups, a subclass that includes the Higman-Thompson groups $V_{d,r}$, the countable…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2026-05-25 Eli Bashwinger , Patrick DeBonis

We demonstrate the existence of a family of finitely generated subgroups of Richard Thompson's group $F$ which is strictly well-ordered by the embeddability relation in type $\epsilon_0 +1$. All except the maximum element of this family…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2021-02-09 Collin Bleak , Matthew G. Brin , Justin Tatch Moore

We study the group $T_A$ of rearrangements of the Airplane limit space introduced by Belk and Forrest in [3]. We prove that $T_A$ is generated by a copy of Thompson's group $F$ and a copy of Thompson's group $T$, hence it is finitely…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-04-29 Matteo Tarocchi

This article is dedicated to the study of asymptotically rigid mapping class groups of infinitely-punctured surfaces obtained by thickening planar trees. Such groups include the braided Ptolemy-Thompson groups $T^\sharp,T^\ast$ introduced…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2022-08-17 Anthony Genevois , Anne Lonjou , Christian Urech

We prove that the word problem of a finitely generated group $G$ is in NP (solvable in polynomial time by a non-deterministic Turing machine) if and only if this group is a subgroup of a finitely presented group $H$ with polynomial…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2007-05-23 J. -C. Birget , A. Yu. Olshanskii , E. Rips , M. Sapir

We construct the first examples of finitely presented simple groups of orientation-preserving homeomorphisms of the real line. Our examples are also of type $F_{\infty}$, have infinite geometric dimension, and admit a nontrivial homogeneous…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2023-12-27 James Hyde , Yash Lodha

We establish several results on the word problem for just infinite groups. First, for finitely generated just infinite groups we show that the word problem is uniformly decidable for presentations with recursively enumerable sets of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-03-30 Alexey Talambutsa

This note serves as a short and reader-friendly introduction to twisted Brin-Thompson groups, which were recently constructed by Belk and the author to provide a family of simple groups with a variety of interesting properties. Most…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2022-01-04 Matthew C. B. Zaremsky

We define a family of groups that generalises Thompson's groups $T$ and $G$ and also those of Higman, Stein and Brin. For groups in this family we descrine centralisers of finite subgroups and show, that for a given finite subgroup $Q$,…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2013-09-10 Conchita Martinez-Perez , Brita E. A. Nucinkis

We continue to study Pythagorean unitary representation of Richard Thompson's groups $F,T,V$ and their extension to the Cuntz(-Dixmier) algebra. Any linear isometry from a Hilbert space to its direct sum square produces such. We focus on…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-06-06 Arnaud Brothier , Dilshan Wijesena