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There exist infinite cube-free words over any sequence of binary alphabets

Combinatorics 2025-12-04 v1

Abstract

We prove that for any sequence of binary alphabets A1,A2,\mathcal{A}_1,\mathcal{A}_2,\dots, there exists a cube-free word c1c2c_1c_2\dots so that c1A1,c2A2,c_1\in\mathcal{A}_1,c_2\in\mathcal{A}_2,\dots. In particular, for every nn, there are at least 1.35n1.35^n cube-free words in A1×A2××An\mathcal{A}_1\times\mathcal{A}_2\times\dots\times \mathcal{A}_n. We also prove that if the list of alphabets is computable then one of these words is computable and its nnth letter can be computed in time polynomial in nn.

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@article{arxiv.2512.03670,
  title  = {There exist infinite cube-free words over any sequence of binary alphabets},
  author = {Vuong Bui and Matthieu Rosenfeld},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.03670},
  year   = {2025}
}
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