Inverse semigroups with rational word problem are finite


Abstract in English

This note proves a generalisation to inverse semigroups of Anisimovs theorem that a group has regular word problem if and only if it is finite, answering a question of Stuart Margolis. The notion of word problem used is the two-tape word problem -- the set of all pairs of words over a generating set for the semigroup which both represent the same element.

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