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It is undecidable whether a finite special string-rewriting system presents a group (English)
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28 June 1992
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Let \(G=(\Sigma;R)\) be a finitely presented (f.p.) group with undecidable word problem, \(w\in\Sigma^*\), \(G(w)=(\Sigma\cup\{a,b\}\); \(R\), \(awbbaab=1\)) be a f.p. (special) semigroup. It is shown that \(G(w)\) is a group iff \(w=1\) in \(G\). This gives the theorem formulated in the title.
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finitely presented special semigroups
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finitely presented group
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word problem
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