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We study morphisms from certain classes and their action on episturmian words. The first class is $P_{ret}$. In general, a morphism of class $P_{ret}$ can map an infinite word having zero palindromic defect to a word having infinite…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-10-09 Štěpán Starosta

We study the relation between the palindromic and factor complexity of infinite words. We show that for uniformly recurrent words one has P(n)+P(n+1) \leq \Delta C(n) + 2, for all n \in N. For a large class of words it is a better estimate…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Peter Baláži , Zuzana Masáková , Edita Pelantová

We study the set of finite words with zero palindromic defect, i.e., words rich in palindromes. This set is factorial, but not recurrent. We focus on description of pairs of rich words which cannot occur simultaneously as factors of a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-01-09 Edita Pelantová , Štěpán Starosta

A finite word $w$ is called \emph{rich} if it contains $\vert w\vert+1$ distinct palindromic factors including the empty word. For every finite rich word $w$ there are distinct nonempty palindromes $w_1, w_2,\dots,w_p$ such that…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-04-26 Josef Rukavicka

In this paper we explore various interconnections between rich words, Sturmian words, and trapezoidal words. Rich words, first introduced in arXiv:0801.1656 by the second and third authors together with J. Justin and S. Widmer, constitute a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-04-08 Aldo de Luca , Amy Glen , Luca Q. Zamboni

We prove a number of results on the structure and enumeration of palindromes and antipalindromes. In particular, we study conjugates of palindromes, palindromic pairs, rich words, and the counterparts of these notions for antipalindromes.

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2016-09-13 Chuan Guo , Jeffrey Shallit , Arseny M. Shur

In this paper, we survey the rich theory of infinite episturmian words which generalize to any finite alphabet, in a rather resembling way, the well-known family of Sturmian words on two letters. After recalling definitions and basic…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-03-16 Amy Glen , Jacques Justin

We investigate the least number of palindromic factors in an infinite word. We first consider general alphabets, and give answers to this problem for periodic and non-periodic words, closed or not under reversal of factors. We then…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-07-15 Gabriele Fici , Luca Q. Zamboni

We prove that a random word of length $n$ over a $k$-ary fixed alphabet contains, on expectation, $\Theta(\sqrt{n})$ distinct palindromic factors. We study this number of factors, $E(n,k)$, in detail, showing that the limit…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-09-13 Mikhail Rubinchik , Arseny M. Shur

The block reversal of a word $w$, denoted by $\mathtt{BR}(w)$, is a generalization of the concept of the reversal of a word, obtained by concatenating the blocks of the word in the reverse order. We characterize non-binary and binary words…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-02-07 Kalpana Mahalingam , Anuran Maity , Palak Pandoh

A narrow connection between infinite binary words rich in classical palindromes and infinite binary words rich simultaneously in palindromes and pseudopalindromes (the so-called $H$-rich words) is demonstrated. The correspondence between…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-06-22 Edita Pelantová , Štěpán Starosta

In this work, we explore the concept of Watson-Crick conjugates, also known as $\theta$-conjugates (where $\theta$ is an antimorphic involution), of words and languages. This concept extends the classical idea of conjugates by incorporating…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Kalpana Mahalingam , Anuran Maity

A word w is rich if it has |w|+1 many distinct palindromic factors, including the empty word. A word is square-free if it does not have a factor uu, where u is a non-empty word. Pelantov\'a and Starosta (Discrete Math. 313 (2013)) proved…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2016-03-04 Jetro Vesti

The number of frequencies of factors of length $n+1$ in a recurrent aperiodic infinite word does not exceed $3\Delta \C(n)$, where $\Delta \C (n)$ is the first difference of factor complexity, as shown by Boshernitzan. Pelantov\'a together…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-02-05 Lubomira Balkova

We consider two {seemingly} different definitions of infinite words which contain {the} utmost number of palindromes. We show that these two definitions coincide. {The keynote of the proof is a meticulous inspection of properties of…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2008-02-26 L. Balková , E. Pelantová

In [A. Frid, S. Puzynina, L.Q. Zamboni, \textit{On palindromic factorization of words}, Adv. in Appl. Math. 50 (2013), 737-748], it was conjectured that any infinite word whose palindromic lengths of factors are bounded is ultimately…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2016-06-21 Michelangelo Bucci , Gwenaël Richomme

We consider questions related to the structure of infinite words (over an integer alphabet) with bounded additive complexity, i.e., words with the property that the number of distinct sums exhibited by factors of the same length is bounded…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-09-24 Graham Banero

We study the properties of the uncountable set of Stewart words. These are Toeplitz words specified by infinite sequences of Toeplitz patterns of the form $\alpha\beta\gamma$, where $\alpha,\beta,\gamma$ is any permutation of the symbols…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-23 Gabriele Fici , Jeffrey Shallit

In this paper we study the class of so-called privileged words which have been previously considered only a little. We develop the basic properties of privileged words, which turn out to share similar properties with palindromes. Privileged…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-08-20 Jarkko Peltomäki

In this paper, we investigate the combinatorial and density properties of infinite words generated by Fibonacci-type morphisms, focusing on their subword structure, palindrome density, and extremal statistical behaviors. Using the morphism…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-01-21 Duaa Abdullah , Jasem Hamoud