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On the Synchronization of Circular Semi-Flower Automata

Formal Languages and Automata Theory 2018-08-07 v1

Abstract

Pin proved that every circular automaton with a prime number of states containing a non-permutation is synchronizing. In this paper, we investigate the synchronization of circular semi-flower automata. We first prove that every semi-flower automaton is a one-cluster automaton. Subsequently, we prove that every semi-flower automaton containing a 1-cycle is synchronizing. Further, we prove that every circular semi-flower automaton with an odd number of states containing a 2-cycle is synchronizing.

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@article{arxiv.1808.01711,
  title  = {On the Synchronization of Circular Semi-Flower Automata},
  author = {Shubh N. Singh and Ankit Raj},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.01711},
  year   = {2018}
}