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Longest common subsequences in binary sequences

Group Theory 2013-07-11 v1 Combinatorics Probability

Abstract

Given two {0,1}-sequences X and Y of lengths m and n, respectively, we write L(X,Y) to denote the length of the longest common subsequence (LCS) of X and Y, and write L(m,n) to denote the expected value of L(X,Y) when X and Y are random sequences. We study the value of the function z -> lim L(nz,n)/n (as n -> infinity) and the relation of this function to the outstanding problem of computing the Chvatal-Sankoff constant lim L(n,n)/n.

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@article{arxiv.1307.2796,
  title  = {Longest common subsequences in binary sequences},
  author = {John D. Dixon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1307.2796},
  year   = {2013}
}

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7 pages with 1 figure

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