The word problem of finitely presented special inverse monoids via their groups of units

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contents A special inverse monoid is one defined by a presentation where all the defining relations have the form $r = 1$. By a result of Ivanov Margolis and Meakin the word problem for such an inverse monoid can often be reduced to the word problem in its maximal group image together with membership in a particular submonoid of that group, called the prefix monoid, being decidable. We prove several results that give sufficient conditions for the prefix membership problem of a finitely presented group to be decidable. These conditions are given in terms of the existence of particular factorisations of the relator words. In particular we are able to find sufficient conditions for a special inverse monoid, its maximal group image and its group of units to have word problems that are algorithmically equivalent. These results extend previous results for one-relator groups to arbitrary finitely presented groups. We then apply these results to solve the word problem in various families of E-unitary special inverse monoids. We also find some criteria for when amalgamations of E-unitary inverse monoids are themselves E-unitary.
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spellingShingle The word problem of finitely presented special inverse monoids via their groups of units
Warne, Jonathan
Group Theory
20F05, 20F10, 20M05, 20M18
A special inverse monoid is one defined by a presentation where all the defining relations have the form $r = 1$. By a result of Ivanov Margolis and Meakin the word problem for such an inverse monoid can often be reduced to the word problem in its maximal group image together with membership in a particular submonoid of that group, called the prefix monoid, being decidable. We prove several results that give sufficient conditions for the prefix membership problem of a finitely presented group to be decidable. These conditions are given in terms of the existence of particular factorisations of the relator words. In particular we are able to find sufficient conditions for a special inverse monoid, its maximal group image and its group of units to have word problems that are algorithmically equivalent. These results extend previous results for one-relator groups to arbitrary finitely presented groups. We then apply these results to solve the word problem in various families of E-unitary special inverse monoids. We also find some criteria for when amalgamations of E-unitary inverse monoids are themselves E-unitary.
title The word problem of finitely presented special inverse monoids via their groups of units
topic Group Theory
20F05, 20F10, 20M05, 20M18
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.03264