The word problem in Hanoi Towers groups

Abstract

We prove that elements of the Hanoi Towers groups $\mathcal{H}_m$ have depth bounded from above by a poly-logarithmic function $O(\log^{m-2} n)$, where $n$ is the length of an element. Therefore the word problem in groups $\mathcal{H}_m$ is solvable in subexponential time $\exp(O(\log^{m-2} n))$.