Homological decision problems for finitely generated groups with solvable word problem

W. A. Bogley; J. Harlander

doi:10.1142/s0218196702000973

Homological decision problems for finitely generated groups with solvable word problem

W. A. Bogley, J. Harlander

Mathematics Department

Oregon State University

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Abstract

We show that for finitely generated groups P with solvable word problem, there is no algorithm to determine whether H₁(P) is trivial, nor whether H₂(P) is trivial.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	213-221
Number of pages	9
Journal	International Journal of Algebra and Computation
Volume	12
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1142/s0218196702000973
State	Published - 2002

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Homology of groups
Word problem

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