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The order problem and the power problem for free product sixth-groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2009

James McCool
James McCool
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University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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Let G be a group given in terms of generators and denning relations. The order problem is said to be solvable for (the given presentation of) the group G if, given any element W of G (as a word in the given generators of G), we can determine the order of W in G. The power problem is solvable for G if, given any pair X, Y of elements of G, we can determine whether or not X belongs to the cyclic subgroup {Y} of G generated by Y. It is easy to see that if either of these problems is solvable for G, then the word problem is also solvable for G.

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Research Article
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Glasgow Mathematical Journal , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , January 1969 , pp. 1 - 9
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Copyright © Glasgow Mathematical Journal Trust 1969

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