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Time complexity of the conjugacy problem in relatively hyperbolic groups

Group Theory 2014-07-18 v1

Abstract

If uu and vv are two conjugate elements of a hyperbolic group then the length of a shortest conjugating element for uu and vv can be bounded by a linear function of the sum of their lengths, as was proved by Lysenok. Bridson and Haefliger showed that in a hyperbolic group the conjugacy problem can be solved in polynomial time. We extend these results to relatively hyperbolic groups. In particular, we show that both the conjugacy problem and the conjugacy search problem can be solved in polynomial time in a relatively hyperbolic group, whenever the corresponding problem can be solved in polynomial time in each parabolic subgroup. We also prove that if uu and vv are two conjugate hyperbolic elements of a relatively hyperbolic group then the length of a shortest conjugating element for uu and vv is linear in terms of their lengths.

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@article{arxiv.1407.4528,
  title  = {Time complexity of the conjugacy problem in relatively hyperbolic groups},
  author = {Inna Bumagin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.4528},
  year   = {2014}
}

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27 pages, 3 figures

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