Gap Sequence of Cutting Sequence with Slope $\theta=[0;\dot{d}]$
Abstract
In this paper, we consider the factor properties and gap sequence of a special type of cutting sequence with slope , denoted by . Let be a factor of , then it occurs in the sequence infinitely many times. Let be the -th occurrence of and be the gap between and . We define the types of kernel words and envelope words, give two versions of "uniqueness of kernel decomposition property". Using them, we prove the gap sequence has exactly two distinct elements for each , and determine the expressions of gaps completely. Furthermore, we prove that the gap sequence is , where is a substitution depending only on the type of , i.e. the kernel word of . We also determine the position of for all . As applications, we study some combinatorial properties, such as the power, overlap and separate property between and for all , and find all palindromes in .
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