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Languages invariant under more symmetries: overlapping factors versus palindromic richness

Combinatorics 2015-03-12 v3

Abstract

Factor complexity C\mathcal{C} and palindromic complexity P\mathcal{P} of infinite words with language closed under reversal are known to be related by the inequality P(n)+P(n+1)2+C(n+1)C(n)\mathcal{P}(n) + \mathcal{P}(n+1) \leq 2 + \mathcal{C}(n+1)-\mathcal{C}(n) for any nNn\in \mathbb{N}\,. Word for which the equality is attained for any nn is usually called rich in palindromes. In this article we study words whose languages are invariant under a finite group GG of symmetries. For such words we prove a stronger version of the above inequality. We introduce notion of GG-palindromic richness and give several examples of GG-rich words, including the Thue-Morse sequence as well.

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@article{arxiv.1103.4051,
  title  = {Languages invariant under more symmetries: overlapping factors versus palindromic richness},
  author = {Edita Pelantová and Štěpán Starosta},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.4051},
  year   = {2015}
}

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