Invariant games and non-homogeneous Beatty sequences
Combinatorics
2013-12-10 v1 Discrete Mathematics
Abstract
We characterize all the pairs of complementary non-homogenous Beatty sequences and for which there exists an invariant game having exactly as set of -positions. Using the notion of Sturmian word and tools arising in symbolic dynamics and combinatorics on words, this characterization can be translated to a decision procedure relying only on a few algebraic tests about algebraicity or rational independence. Given any four real numbers defining the two sequences, up to these tests, we can therefore decide whether or not such an invariant game exists.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1312.2233,
title = {Invariant games and non-homogeneous Beatty sequences},
author = {Julien Cassaigne and Eric Duchêne and Michel Rigo},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.2233},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
22 pages, 2 figures