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We study several natural decision problems in braid groups and Artin groups. We classify the Artin groups with decidable submonoid membership problem in terms of the non-existence of certain forbidden induced subgraphs of the defining…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2025-10-01 Robert D. Gray , Carl-Fredrik Nyberg-Brodda

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

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 2022-08-12 Vladimir Shpilrain

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 give an algorithm to decide if a given braid is a product of two factors which are conjugates of given powers of standard generators of the braid group. The same problem is solved in a certain class of Garside groups including Artin-Tits…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-12-04 Stepan Yu. Orevkov

A new method for deriving universal \v{R} matrices from braid group representation is discussed. In this case, universal \v{R} operators can be defined and expressed in terms of products of braid group generators. The advantage of this…

q-alg · Mathematics 2016-09-08 Feng Pan , Lianrong Dai

This is a survey of algorithmic problems in group theory, old and new, motivated by applications to cryptography.

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-03-06 Vladimir Shpilrain

Bialgebras and Hopf (bi)modules are typical algebraic structures with several interacting operations. Their structural and homological study is therefore quite involved. We develop the machinery of braided systems, tailored for handling…

Quantum Algebra · Mathematics 2016-11-16 Victoria Lebed

In this paper we consider several classical and novel algorithmic problems for right-angled Artin groups, some of which are closely related to graph theoretic problems, and study their computational complexity. We study these problems with…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-11-01 Ramón Flores , Delaram Kahrobaei , Thomas Koberda

The root extraction problem in braid groups is the following: given a braid $\beta \in \mathcal{B}_n$ and a number $k\in \mathbb{N}$, find $\alpha\in \mathcal{B}_n$ such that $\alpha^k=\beta$. In the last decades, many cryptosystems such as…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-03-31 María Cumplido , Delaram Kahrobaei , Marialaura Noce

In the paper we give a survey on braid groups and subjects connected with them. We start with the initial definition, then we give several interpretations as well as several presentations of these groups. Burau presentation for the pure…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2012-02-21 V. V. Vershinin

The topological underpinnings are presented for a new algorithm which answers the question: `Is a given knot the unknot?' The algorithm uses the braid foliation technology of Bennequin and of Birman and Menasco. The approach is to consider…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2014-11-11 Joan S. Birman , Michael D. Hirsch

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

The braid group appears in many scientific fields and its representations are instrumental in understanding topological quantum algorithms, topological entropy, classification of manifolds and so on. In this work, we study planer diagrams…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2021-09-09 Yitzchak Shmalo

Let $G$ be a classical group defined over a finite field. We consider the following fundamental problems concerning conjugacy in $G$: 1. List a representative for each conjugacy class of $G$. 2. Given $x \in G$, describe the centralizer of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2024-11-22 Giovanni De Franceschi , Martin W. Liebeck , E. A. O'Brien

The isomorphism problem means to decide if two given finite-dimensional simple algebras over the same centre are isomorphic and, if so, to construct an isomorphism between them. A solution to this problem has applications in computational…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Timo Hanke

The conjugacy problem in braid groups has been extensively studied, particularly from an algorithmic perspective. Established methods based on Garside structures, such as initial summit sets and super summit sets, provide effective…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2026-04-21 Kui-Yo Chen , Yat-Hin Suen

In this article, we propose the approach to procedural optimization of a neural network, based on the combination of information theory and braid theory. The network studied in the article implemented with the intersections between the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-04-21 Olga Lukyanova , Oleg Nikitin , Alex Kunin

We consider the topological complexity of subgroups of Artin's braid group consisting of braids whose associated permutations lie in some specified subgroup of the symmetric group. We give upper and lower bounds for the topological…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2016-08-15 Mark Grant , David Recio-Mitter

We consider three important and well-studied algorithmic problems in group theory: the word, geodesic, and conjugacy problem. We show transfer results from individual groups to graph products. We concentrate on logspace complexity because…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-05-19 Volker Diekert , Jonathan Kausch