Equations in groups

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• Laura Ciobanu (Heriot-Watt University)
• Friday 16 February 2018, 13:45-15:00
• CMS, MR13.

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The Diophantine Problem in group theory can be stated as: is it algorithmically decidable whether an equation whose coefficients are elements of a given group has at least one solution in that group?

The talk will be a survey on this topic, with emphasis on what is known about solving equations in free groups. I will also present some of the recent developments connecting this topic to formal languages, joint with V. Diekert and M. Elder. If time allows, I will conclude with results concerning the Diophantine Problem in virtually direct products.

This talk is part of the Geometric Group Theory (GGT) Seminar series.

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