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Finite-dimensional version of the word problem for groups

The (uniform) word problem for groups can be stated in several equivalent ways: Word Problem for Groups (WP) Instance: A finite presentation of a group G and an element w of G as a product of ...
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Examples of group families with solvable uniform word problem

I would like to know of any examples of families of groups that are known (or conjectured) to have a solvable uniform word problem, i.e. an algorithm that given a presentation $P$ of a group in the ...
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Which properties can be read off the balls of a Cayley graph?

For which properties (P) [of groups] does the following hold: given a group $G$ which has a finite presentation with at most $n$ relations of length at most $\ell$, there is a $R(n,\ell)$ so that, if ...
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Occurrence problem for commutator subgroup

The occurrence problem asks if, given a group $G$ and a subgroup $H$ of $G$, there exists an algorithm to decide whether $x\in G$ belongs to $H$. Let $G$ be a group that has solvable word problem. Is ...
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The generalized word problem on groups

Given some group $G$ that is generated by $a$ and $b$, each of which has infinite order, and some free subgroup $N$ generated by $a^k$ and $b^k$, is there any algorithm that tells me if some $x \in G$ ...
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Are there any computational problems in groups that are harder than P?

There are several well known classes of groups for which the word problem, conjugacy etc. are solvable in polynomial time (hyperbolic, automatic). Then there are several classes of groups like ...
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Asymptotics of the number of required Dehn relators in hyperbolic groups

If $G = \langle X | R \rangle$ is a $\delta$-hyperbolic group presentation, then Dehn's algorithm provides a linear time solution to the word problem, but the linear constant is horribly exponential ...