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Let $\pi :F\to H$ send the free generators to the given presentation generators, and let $N=\ker \pi$, the normal closure of the relators $w_j$. The Mihailova subgroup here is exactly the fiber product of groupsTo prove this equality, each specified generator belongs to the displayed fiber product, so $L$ is contained in it. The diagonal generators produce every $(a,a)$. Conjugating $(1,w_j{)}^{\pm 1}$ by a diagonal element gives $(1,a^{-1}{w}_j^{\pm 1}a)$; products give all $(1,n)$ for $n\in N$. Conversely, if $\pi (u)=\pi (v)$, then $u^{-1}v\in N$ andIn particular $(1,w)\in L$ if and only if $w=1$ in $H$. Thus membership in this finitely generated subgroup is undecidable, despite the soluble word problem for a group in the ambient direct product of groups $F\times F$.

For an explicit finite presentation, use $a_i$ and $b_i$ for the first and second copies of the free basis. The base has presentation $⟨a_1,\dots ,a_m,b_1,\dots ,b_m\mid [a_i,b_j]=1(1\le i,j\le m)⟩$. The pairs $(x_i,x_i)$ and $(1,w_j(x))$ are $a_i{b}_i$ and $w_j(b)$. Consequently the requested HNN extension has the finite presentationCommutation with the displayed subgroup generators implies commutation with all their products and inverses, so these finitely many relations are exactly the specified centralizing extension. The associated subgroup is $L$ on both sides, and the associated isomorphism is the identity.

For an input word $w$ in the generators of $H$, form $p=w(b)\in P$ and the effectively constructed wordIf $w=1$ in $H$, then $p=(1,w)\in L$ and $W=1$ by centralization. If $w\ne 1$, then $p\notin L$; the displayed word contains stable letters and no pinch in an HNN extension, so Britton's lemma gives $W\ne 1$. This is the centralizing HNN extension detects subgroup membership equivalenceA solution of the word problem for a group in $G$ would therefore solve that in $H$, a contradiction. The finitely presented extension $G$ has insoluble word problem.