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Word Processing in Groups
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<p><i>Word Processing in Groups</i> is a monograph in mathematics on the theory of <a href="/facts/Automatic_group/HN1Lj7TG">automatic groups</a>, a type of <a href="/facts/Abstract_algebra/YNNE1CNz">abstract algebra</a> whose operations are defined by the behavior of <a href="/facts/Deterministic_finite_automaton/9conRLFS">finite automata</a>. The book's authors are <a href="/facts/David_B._A._Epstein/sKNghoFw">David B. A. Epstein</a>, <a href="/facts/James_W._Cannon/9U7rATUF">James W. Cannon</a>, Derek F. Holt, Silvio V. F. Levy, <a href="/facts/Mike_Paterson/VAn2V6mL">Mike Paterson</a>, and <a href="/facts/William_Thurston/K1Qe8801">William Thurston</a>. Widely circulated in <a href="/facts/Preprint/ryoUUpCg">preprint</a> form, it formed the foundation of the study of automatic groups even before its 1992 publication by <a href="/facts/Jones_and_Bartlett_Publishers/Bz6vdDg8">Jones and Bartlett Publishers</a> (<a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-86720-244-0). </p>