Algebraic properties of word equations
Formal Languages and Automata Theory
2019-12-18 v2 Commutative Algebra
Abstract
The question about maximal size of independent system of word equations is one of the most striking problems in combinatorics on words. Recently, Aleksi Saarela has introduced a new approach to the problem that is based on linear-algebraic properties of polynomials encoding the equations and their solutions. In this paper we develop further this approach and take into account other algebraic properties of polynomials, namely their factorization. This, in particular, allows to improve the bound for the number of independent equations with maximal rank from quadratic to linear.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1403.1951,
title = {Algebraic properties of word equations},
author = {Štěpán Holub and Jan Žemlička},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1403.1951},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
revised version, an improved and extended exposition