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Tools for computing from group presentations

What are some tools -- either theoretical/by hand or algorithmic/by computer -- that are useful for doing computations in finitely presented groups? In my particular case, I'm working with a finitely ...
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Isomorphism of semidirect products of surface groups

Recall that the fundamental group of a closed Riemann surface of genus $h$ has the presentation $$\Pi_h= \langle a_1, \,b_1, \ldots, a_h,\, b_h \; | \; [a_1, \, b_1]\ldots [a_h, \, b_h]=1 \rangle.$$ ...
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