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Critical exponent of ternary words with few distinct palindromes

Combinatorics 2026-04-01 v3

Abstract

We study infinite ternary words that contain few distinct palindromes. In particular, we classify such words according to their critical exponent.

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@article{arxiv.2507.04925,
  title  = {Critical exponent of ternary words with few distinct palindromes},
  author = {Ľubomíra Dvořáková and Lucas Mol and Pascal Ochem},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.04925},
  year   = {2026}
}