A translation of G. S. Makanin's 1966 Ph.D. thesis "On the Identity Problem for Finitely Presented Groups and Semigroups"
arXiv:2102.00745
Abstract
This is an English translation of the thesis written by G. S. Makanin for the degree of Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (equivalent to a Ph.D.), originally submitted to the Steklov Mathematical Institute in 1966. The original language is Russian. The named supervisors are A. A. Markov and S. I. Adian.
55 pages