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The subword complexity of a class of infinite binary words

Combinatorics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Let AqA_q be a qq-letter alphabet and ww be a right infinite word on this alphabet. A subword of ww is a block of consecutive letters of ww. The subword complexity function of ww assigns to each positive integer nn the number fw(n)f_w(n) of distinct subwords of length nn of ww. The gap function of an infinite word over the binary alphabet {0,1}\{0,1 \} 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.

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@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