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Let $A$ be a finite or countable alphabet and let $\theta$ be literal (anti)morphism onto $A^*$ (by definition, such a correspondence is determinated by a permutation of the alphabet). This paper deals with sets which are invariant under…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2017-07-28 Jean Néraud , Carla Selmi

A permutation $\pi$ is said to avoid a chain $(\sigma:\tau)$ of patterns if $\pi$ avoids $\sigma$ and $\pi^2$ avoids $\tau.$ In this paper, we define a notion of pattern avoidance for compositions of positive integers and use that idea to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-27 Kassie Archer , Noel Bourne

We prove an Erd\H{o}s--Szekeres type result for finite words over $\mathbb{N}$ with repeated values. Specifically, we define a \emph{repeat} in a word to be an occurrence of a value which is not its first occurrence. We define an occurrence…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-27 Kyle Celano , Abigail Ollson , Niraj Velankar , Jun Yan

1-way quantum finite automata are deterministic and reversible in nature, which greatly reduces its accepting property. In fact the set of languages accepted by 1-way quantum finite automata is a proper subset of regular languages. In this…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2015-12-10 Kingshuk Chatterjee , Kumar Sankar Ray

While large-scale neural language models, such as GPT2 and BART, have achieved impressive results on various text generation tasks, they tend to get stuck in undesirable sentence-level loops with maximization-based decoding algorithms…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2022-10-11 Jin Xu , Xiaojiang Liu , Jianhao Yan , Deng Cai , Huayang Li , Jian Li

Counting distinct permutations with replacement, especially when involving multiple subwords, is a longstanding challenge in combinatorial analysis, with critical applications in cryptography, bioinformatics, and statistical modeling. This…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-11-27 Martin Mathew , Javier Noda

We construct an infinite word $w$ over the $5$-letter alphabet such that for every factor $f$ of $w$ of length at least two, there exists a cyclic permutation of $f$ that is not a factor of $w$. In other words, $w$ does not contain a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-11-21 Golnaz Badkobeh , Pascal Ochem

In this paper, we consider pattern avoidance in a subset of words on $\{1,1,2,2,\dots,n,n\}$ called reverse double lists. In particular a reverse double list is a word formed by concatenating a permutation with its reversal. We enumerate…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Monica Anderson , Marika Diepenbroek , Lara Pudwell , Alex Stoll

In a recent paper, Bona and Smith define the notion of \textit{strong avoidance}, in which a permutation and its square both avoid a given pattern. In this paper, we generalize this idea to what we call \textit{chain avoidance}. We say that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-12-25 Kassie Archer , Aaron Geary

It is known that the majority of the human genome consists of repeated sequences. Furthermore, it is believed that a significant part of the rest of the genome also originated from repeated sequences and has mutated to its current form. In…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-01-21 Farzad Farnoud , Moshe Schwartz , Jehoshua Bruck

Paraphrasing is expressing the meaning of an input sentence in different wording while maintaining fluency (i.e., grammatical and syntactical correctness). Most existing work on paraphrasing use supervised models that are limited to…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-07-08 A. B. Siddique , Samet Oymak , Vagelis Hristidis

We study recurrence, and multiple recurrence, properties along the $k$-th powers of a given set of integers. We show that the property of recurrence for some given values of $k$ does not give any constraint on the recurrence for the other…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2014-02-26 Nikos Frantzikinakis , Emmanuel Lesigne , Mate Wierdl

The avoidability, or unavoidability of patterns in words over finite alphabets has been studied extensively. A word (pattern) over a finite set is said to be unavoidable if, for all but finitely many words, there exists a morphism mapping…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2019-07-16 Paul Sauer

Replication helps ensure that a genotype-phenotype association observed in a genome-wide association (GWA) study represents a credible association and is not a chance finding or an artifact due to uncontrolled biases. We discuss…

Methodology · Statistics 2010-10-26 Peter Kraft , Eleftheria Zeggini , John P. A. Ioannidis

For the whole class of linear term rewriting systems, we define \emph{bottom-up rewriting} which is a restriction of the usual notion of rewriting. We show that bottom-up rewriting effectively inverse-preserves recognizability and analyze…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2013-08-01 Irene Durand , Geraud Senizergues

Two words are $k$-binomially equivalent whenever they share the same subwords, i.e., subsequences, of length at most $k$ with the same multiplicities. This is a refinement of both abelian equivalence and the Simon congruence. The…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2018-12-19 Marie Lejeune , Julien Leroy , Michel Rigo

Maintaining anonymity in natural language communication remains a challenging task. Even when the number of candidate authors is large, standard authorship attribution techniques that analyze writing style predict the original author with…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Haining Wang , Patrick Juola , Allen Riddell

We introduce and study the repetitive variants of the deterministic and the nondeterministic finite automaton with translucent words (DFAwtw and NFAwtw). On seeing the right sentinel, a repetitive NFAwtw need not halt immediately, accepting…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-22 František Mráz , Friedrich Otto

In combinatorics on words, the well-studied factor complexity function $\rho_{\infw{x}}$ of a sequence $\infw{x}$ over a finite alphabet counts, for every nonnegative integer $n$, the number of distinct length-$n$ factors of $\infw{x}$. In…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-05-07 Jean-Paul Allouche , John M. Campbell , Shuo Li , Jeffrey Shallit , Manon Stipulanti

In this paper, we study the pattern occurrence in $k$-ary words. We prove an explicit upper bound on the number of $k$-ary words avoiding any given pattern using a random walk argument. Additionally, we reproduce several already known…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-12-22 Toufik Mansour , Reza Rastegar