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Compressed decision problems in hyperbolic groups

Group Theory 2024-03-22 v5

Abstract

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 over a finite generating set for the group. We prove also that, for any infinite hyperbolic group GG, the compressed knapsack problem in GG is NP{\mathsf{NP}}-complete.

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@article{arxiv.1808.06886,
  title  = {Compressed decision problems in hyperbolic groups},
  author = {Derek Holt and Markus Lohrey and Saul Schleimer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.06886},
  year   = {2024}
}

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Improved version of the previous paper

R2 v1 2026-06-23T03:39:27.268Z