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On Circular Threshold Words and Other Stronger Versions of Dejean's conjecture

Combinatorics 2026-01-01 v1 Data Structures and Algorithms

Abstract

Let the root of the word ww be the smallest prefix vv of ww such that ww is a prefix of vvv...vvv.... per(w)per(w) is the length of the root of ww. For any n5n\ge5, an nn-ary threshold word is a word ww such that for any factor (subword) vv of ww the condition vper(v)nn1\frac{|v|}{per(v)}\le\frac{n}{n-1} holds. Dejean conjecture (completely proven in 2009) states for n5n\ge5 that exists infinitely many of nn-ary TWs. This manuscript is based on the author's student works (diplomas of 2011 (bachelor's thesis) and 2013 (master's thesis) years) and presents an edited version (in Russian) of these works with some improvements. In a 2011 work proposed new methods of proving of the Dejean conjecture for some odd cases n5n\ge5, using computer verification in polynomial time (depending on nn). Moreover, the constructed threshold words (TWs) are ciclic/ring TWs (any cyclic shift is a TW). In the 2013 work, the proof method (of 2011) was improved by reducing the verification conditions. A solution for some even cases n6n\ge6 is also proposed. A 2013 work also proposed a method to construct stronger TWs, using a TW tree with regular exponential growth. Namely, the TWs, where all long factors have an exponent close to 1.

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@article{arxiv.2512.24581,
  title  = {On Circular Threshold Words and Other Stronger Versions of Dejean's conjecture},
  author = {Igor N. Tunev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.24581},
  year   = {2026}
}

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in Russian language