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arxiv: 1802.07085 · v1 · pith:PKH3T4KDnew · submitted 2018-02-20 · 🧮 math.GR · cs.CC· cs.FL

The isomorphism problem for finite extensions of free groups is in PSPACE

classification 🧮 math.GR cs.CCcs.FL
keywords groupsproblemfinitefreegroupisomorphismalgorithmcontext-free
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We present an algorithm for the following problem: given a context-free grammar for the word problem of a virtually free group $G$, compute a finite graph of groups $\mathcal{G}$ with finite vertex groups and fundamental group $G$. Our algorithm is non-deterministic and runs in doubly exponential time. It follows that the isomorphism problem of context-free groups can be solved in doubly exponential space. Moreover, if, instead of a grammar, a finite extension of a free group is given as input, the construction of the graph of groups is in NP and, consequently, the isomorphism problem in PSPACE.

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