Undecidable word problem in subshift automorphism groups

Pierre Guillon, Emmanuel Jeandel, Jarkko Kari, Pascal Vanier

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Abstract

This article studies the complexity of the word problem in groups of automorphisms (or reversible cellular automata) of subshifts. We show in particular that for any computably enumerable Turing degree, there exists a (two-dimensional) subshift of finite type whose automorphism group contains a subgroup whose word problem has exactly this degree. In particular, there are such subshifts of finite type where this problem is uncomputable. This remains true in a large setting of subshifts over groups.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputer Science – Theory and Applications - 14th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia, CSR 2019, Proceedings
EditorsRené van Bevern, Gregory Kucherov
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages180-190
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783030199548
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event14th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia, CSR 2019 - Novosibirsk, Russian Federation
Duration: 1 Jul 20195 Jul 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11532 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference14th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia, CSR 2019
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CityNovosibirsk
Period1/07/195/07/19

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