The subword complexity of a class of infinite binary words
Combinatorics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
Let be a -letter alphabet and be a right infinite word on this alphabet. A subword of is a block of consecutive letters of . The subword complexity function of assigns to each positive integer the number of distinct subwords of length of . The gap function of an infinite word over the binary alphabet gives the distances between consecutive 1's in this word. In this paper we study infinite binary words whose gap function is injective or "almost injective". A method for computing the subword complexity of such words is given. A necessary and sufficient condition for a function to be the subword complexity function of a binary word whose gap function is strictly increasing is obtained.
Cite
@article{arxiv.math/0512256,
title = {The subword complexity of a class of infinite binary words},
author = {Irina Gheorghiciuc},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0512256},
year = {2007}
}
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29 pages, 2 figures