The Conjugacy Problem and Higman Embeddings

Abstract

For every finitely generated recursively presented group G we construct a finitely presented group H containing G such that G is (Frattini) embedded into H and the group H has solvable conjugacy problem if and only if G has solvable conjugacy problem. Moreover G and H have the same r.e. Turing degrees of the conjugacy problem. This solves a problem by D. Collins.