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Equations in the Q-completion of a torsion-free hyperbolic group
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Abstract:

In this paper we prove the algorithmic solvability of finite systems of equations over the Q-completion of a torsion-free hyperbolic group.
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Additional Information
  • O. Kharlampovich
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2K6 Canada
  • MR Author ID: 191704
  • Email: olga@triples.math.mcgill.ca
  • E. Lioutikova
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, 805 Sherbrooke St. West, Montreal, Quebec, H3A 2K6, Canada
  • Email: kate@triples.math.mcgill.ca
  • A. Myasnikov
  • Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, City College (CUNY), Convent Ave. at 138th Street, New York, New York 10031-9100
  • MR Author ID: 670299
  • Email: alexei@jolly2.sci.ccny.cuny.edu
  • Received by editor(s): August 14, 1996
  • Published electronically: March 1, 1999
  • Additional Notes: The first author was supported by grants from NSERC and FCAR
    The third author was supported by the NSF grant DMS-9103098
  • © Copyright 1999 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 351 (1999), 2961-2978
  • MSC (1991): Primary 20E05, 20F10
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-99-02010-3
  • MathSciNet review: 1443195