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On periodic points of free inverse monoid endomorphisms

Group Theory 2014-02-07 v1 Formal Languages and Automata Theory

Abstract

It is proved that the periodic point submonoid of a free inverse monoid endomorphism is always finitely generated. Using Chomsky's hierarchy of languages, we prove that the fixed point submonoid of an endomorphism of a free inverse monoid can be represented by a context-sensitive language but, in general, it cannot be represented by a context-free language.

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@article{arxiv.1212.4284,
  title  = {On periodic points of free inverse monoid endomorphisms},
  author = {Emanuele Rodaro and Pedro V. Silva},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.4284},
  year   = {2014}
}

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18 pages