Is it possible to decide in finite time whether a presentation is a presentation of a finite group?

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I know that all finite groups have presentations. I also know that some infinite groups have finite presentations. Is it possible to decide in finite time whether a presentation is a presentation of a finite group?

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No, this and many other questions about finite presentations are undecidable by the Adyan-Rabin theorem.