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Frobenius Numbers and Automatic Sequences

Number Theory 2021-03-23 v2 Discrete Mathematics Formal Languages and Automata Theory Combinatorics

Abstract

The Frobenius number g(S)g(S) of a set SS of non-negative integers with gcd1\gcd 1 is the largest integer not expressible as a linear combination of elements of SS. Given a sequence s=(si)i0{\bf s} = (s_i)_{i \geq 0}, we can define the associated sequence Gs(i)=g({si,si+1,})G_{\bf s} (i) = g(\{ s_i,s_{i+1},\ldots \}). In this paper we compute Gs(i)G_{\bf s} (i) for some classical automatic sequences: the evil numbers, the odious numbers, and the lower and upper Wythoff sequences. In contrast with the usual methods, our proofs are based largely on automata theory and logic.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2103.10904,
  title  = {Frobenius Numbers and Automatic Sequences},
  author = {Jeffrey Shallit},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.10904},
  year   = {2021}
}
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