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The conjugacy and isomorphism problems for combable groups

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There exist combable groups in which the conjugacy problem is unsolvable. The isomorphism problem is unsolvable for certain recursive sequences of finite presentations of combable groups.

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Mathematics Subject Classification (2000): 20F67, 20F10, 20F65

This research was supported by an EPSRC Advanced Fellowship

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Bridson, M. The conjugacy and isomorphism problems for combable groups. Math. Ann. 327, 305–314 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00208-003-0453-6

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