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Gap Sequence of Cutting Sequence with Slope $\theta=[0;\dot{d}]$

Dynamical Systems 2014-08-19 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the factor properties and gap sequence of a special type of cutting sequence with slope θ=[0;d˙]\theta=[0;\dot{d}], denoted by Fd,F_{d,\infty}. Let ω\omega be a factor of Fd,F_{d,\infty}, then it occurs in the sequence infinitely many times. Let ωp\omega_p be the pp-th occurrence of ω\omega and Gp(ω)G_p(\omega) be the gap between ωp\omega_p and ωp+1\omega_{p+1}. We define the dd types of kernel words and envelope words, give two versions of "uniqueness of kernel decomposition property". Using them, we prove the gap sequence {Gp(ω)}p1\{G_p(\omega)\}_{p\geq1} has exactly two distinct elements for each ω\omega, and determine the expressions of gaps completely. Furthermore, we prove that the gap sequence is σi(Fd,)\sigma_i(F_{d,\infty}), where σi\sigma_i is a substitution depending only on the type of Ker(ω)Ker(\omega), i.e. the kernel word of ω\omega. We also determine the position of ωp\omega_p for all (ω,p)(\omega,p). As applications, we study some combinatorial properties, such as the power, overlap and separate property between ωp\omega_p and ωp+1\omega_{p+1} for all (ω,p)(\omega,p), and find all palindromes in Fd,F_{d,\infty}.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1408.3724,
  title  = {Gap Sequence of Cutting Sequence with Slope $\theta=[0;\dot{d}]$},
  author = {Yuke Huang and Hanxiong Zhang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1408.3724},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

16 pages, 6 figures

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