Word problem for a group

ID: word-problem-for-a-group

For a fixed finitely generated group with specified generators, its word problem asks for an algorithm deciding whether an input word represents the identity. For a finitely presented group, positive answers can be enumerated from the relators, but there need not be an algorithm deciding both positive and negative answers. An effective reduction from a nonrecursive halting set proves unsolvability.

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