The Word Problem of $\mathbb{Z}^n$ Is a Multiple Context-Free Language
The \emph{word problem} of a group $G = \langle \Sigma \rangle$ can be defined as the set of formal words in $\Sigma^*$ that represent the identity in $G$. When viewed as formal languages, this gives a strong connection between classes of groups and classes of formal languages. For example, Anisimov...
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Zusammenfassung: | The \emph{word problem} of a group $G = \langle \Sigma \rangle$ can be
defined as the set of formal words in $\Sigma^*$ that represent the identity in
$G$. When viewed as formal languages, this gives a strong connection between
classes of groups and classes of formal languages. For example, Anisimov showed
that a group is finite if and only if its word problem is a regular language,
and Muller and Schupp showed that a group is virtually-free if and only if its
word problem is a context-free language. Above this, not much was known, until
Salvati showed recently that the word problem of $\mathbb{Z}^2$ is a multiple
context-free language, giving first such example. We generalize Salvati's
result to show that the word problem of $\mathbb{Z}^n$ is a multiple
context-free language for any $n$. |
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DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.1702.02926 |