Decision problems for profinite groups

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• Henry Wilton, University College, London
• Thursday 29 November 2012, 16:00-17:00
• Watson Building, Lecture Room C.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact David Craven.

There is no algorithm to determine if a finitely presented profinite group is non-trivial. I will discuss the proof of this result and some of the consequences. This is joint work with Martin Bridson.

This talk is part of the Algebra seminar series.

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