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ON THE RECOGNITION OF RIGHT-ANGLED ARTIN GROUPS

Part of: Special aspects of infinite or finite groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 June 2019

MARTIN R. BRIDSON
MARTIN R. BRIDSON*
Affiliation:
Mathematical Institute, Andrew Wiles Building, Oxford OX2 6GG, Europe e-mail: bridson@maths.ox.ac.uk
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Abstract

There does not exist an algorithm that can determine whether or not a group presented by commutators is a right-angled Artin group.

MSC classification

Primary: 20F36: Braid groups; Artin groups
Secondary: 20F10: Word problems, other decision problems, connections with logic and automata
Type
Research Article
Information
Glasgow Mathematical Journal , Volume 62 , Issue 2 , May 2020 , pp. 473 - 475
Copyright
Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 2019

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