Algorithms and Classification in Combinatorial Group Theory

by Gilbert Baumslag (Editor), Charles F. III Miller (Editor)

Overview

The papers in this volume are the result of a workshop held in January 1989 at the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute. Topics covered include decision problems, finitely presented simple groups, combinatorial geometry and homology, and automatic groups and related topics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781461397328
Publisher:	Springer New York
Publication date:	12/14/2011
Series:	Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Publications , #23
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

Decision Problems for Groups Survey and Reflections.- The Word Problem for Solvable Groups and Lie Algebras.- Solution of the Conjugacy Problem in One-Relator Groups.- A Tour Around Finitely Presented Infinite Simple Groups.- The Geometry of Finitely Presented Infinite Simple Groups.- The Geometry of Rewriting Systems: A Proof of the Anick-Groves-Squier Theorem.- Combings of Groups.- Automatic Groups and Amalgams — A Survey.- Dehn Functions and l1-Norms of Finite Presentations.- Problems on Automatic Groups.