English

The language of self-avoiding walks

Combinatorics 2019-03-07 v1 Group Theory

Abstract

Let X=(V ⁣X,E ⁣X)X=(V\!X,E\!X) be an infinite, locally finite, connected graph without loops or multiple edges. We consider the edges to be oriented, and E ⁣XE\!X is equipped with an involution which inverts the orientation. Each oriented edge is labelled by an element of a finite alphabet Σ\mathbf{\Sigma}. The labelling is assumed to be deterministic: edges with the same initial (resp. terminal) vertex have distinct labels. Furthermore it is assumed that the group of label-preserving automorphisms of XX acts quasi-transitively. For any vertex oo of XX, consider the language of all words over Σ\mathbf{\Sigma} which can be read along self-avoiding walks starting at oo. We characterize under which conditions on the graph structure this language is regular or context-free. This is the case if and only if the graph has more than one end, and the size of all ends is 11, or at most 22, respectively.

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@article{arxiv.1903.02368,
  title  = {The language of self-avoiding walks},
  author = {Christian Lindorfer and Wolfgang Woess},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.02368},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

24 pages, 3 figures

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