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A collection of papers from leading researchers in algebra and geometric group theory. This book comprises a collection of papers from leading researchers in the fields of word problems in algebra and geometric group theory. The papers cover a wide range of topics in algebra, representing a timely record of recent work and providing an indication of the key areas of future development. This book comprises a collection of papers from leading researchers in the fields of word problems in algebra and geometric group theory. The papers cover a wide range of topics in algebra, representing a timely record of recent work and providing an indication of the key areas of future development. This book comprises a collection of papers from participants at the IMCS Workshop on Computational and Geometric Aspects of Modern Algebra, held at Heriot-Watt University in 1998. Written by leading researchers, the papers cover a wide range of topics in the vibrant areas of word problems in algebra and geometric group theory. This book represents a timely record of recent work and provides an indication of the key areas of future development. Forword; Participants; 1. Lie methods in growth of groups and groups of finite width Laurent Bartholdi and Rostislav I. Grigorchuk; 2. Translation numbers of groups acting on quasiconvex spaces Gregory R. Conner; 3. On a term rewriting system controlled by sequences of integers Ales Drápal; 4. On certain finite generalized tetrahedron groups M. Edjvet, G. Ro