We present an efficient implementation of the solution to the conjugacy problem in Thompson's group F, a certain infinite group whose elements are piecewise-linear homeomorphisms of the unit interval. This algorithm checks for conjugacy by constructing and comparing directed graphs called strand diagrams. We provide a comprehensive description of our solution algorithm, including the data structure that stores strand diagrams and methods to simplify them. We prove that our algorithm theoretically achieves a linear time bound in the size of the input, and we present a quadratic time working solution. © 2013 IEEE.

Hossain, N., Mcgrail, R., Belk, J., Matucci, F. (2014). Deciding conjugacy in Thompson's group F in linear time. In Proceedings - 15th International Symposium on Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms for Scientific Computing, SYNASC 2013 (pp.89-96). IEEE Computer Society [10.1109/SYNASC.2013.19].

Deciding conjugacy in Thompson's group F in linear time

Matucci, F
2014

Abstract

We present an efficient implementation of the solution to the conjugacy problem in Thompson's group F, a certain infinite group whose elements are piecewise-linear homeomorphisms of the unit interval. This algorithm checks for conjugacy by constructing and comparing directed graphs called strand diagrams. We provide a comprehensive description of our solution algorithm, including the data structure that stores strand diagrams and methods to simplify them. We prove that our algorithm theoretically achieves a linear time bound in the size of the input, and we present a quadratic time working solution. © 2013 IEEE.
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Conjugacy; Group theory; Thompson's Group F; Software; Modeling and Simulation
English
International Symposium on Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms for Scientific Computing, SYNASC 2013
2013
Proceedings - 15th International Symposium on Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms for Scientific Computing, SYNASC 2013
9781479930357
2014
89
96
6821136
open
Hossain, N., Mcgrail, R., Belk, J., Matucci, F. (2014). Deciding conjugacy in Thompson's group F in linear time. In Proceedings - 15th International Symposium on Symbolic and Numeric Algorithms for Scientific Computing, SYNASC 2013 (pp.89-96). IEEE Computer Society [10.1109/SYNASC.2013.19].
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