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In this paper, we analyze the density of the Fibonacci word and its derived forms by examining the morphisms associated with each. It offers a comparative analysis of the density of Fibonacci numbers alongside other words derived from…

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

Let $\mb w$ be a morphic word over a finite alphabet $\Sigma$, and let $\Delta$ be a nonempty subset of $\Sigma$. We study the behavior of maximal blocks consisting only of letters from $\Delta$ in $\mb w$, and prove the following: let…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-04-16 Yann Bugeaud , Dalia Krieger , Jeffrey Shallit

For an integer $k\geq 2$, let $(F_{n}^{(k)})_{n}$ be the $k-$Fibonacci sequence which starts with $0,\ldots,0,1$ ($k$ terms) and each term afterwards is the sum of the $k$ preceding terms. In this paper, we search for powers of 2 which are…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2014-10-01 Jhon J. Bravo , Carlos A. Gómez , Florian Luca

A \emph{power} is a word of the form $\underbrace{uu...u}_{k \; \text{times}}$, where $u$ is a word and $k$ is a positive integer; the power is also called a {\em $k$-power} and $k$ is its {\em exponent}. We prove that for any $k \ge 2$,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-05-23 Shuo Li , Jakub Pachocki , Jakub Radoszewski

We introduce two classes of morphisms over the alphabet $A=\{0,1\}$ whose fixed points contain infinitely many antipalindromic factors. An antipalindrome is a finite word invariant under the action of the antimorphism…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-06-17 Petr Ambrož , Zuzana Masáková , Edita Pelantová

Recently the Fibonacci word $W$ on an infinite alphabet was introduced by [Zhang et al., Electronic J. Combinatorics 24-2 (2017) #P2.52] as a fixed point of the morphism $\phi: (2i) \mapsto (2i)(2i+ 1),\ (2i+ 1) \mapsto (2i+ 2)$ over all $i…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-05-29 Amy Glen , Jamie Simpson , W. F. Smyth

We introduce the $k$-bonacci polyominoes, a new family of polyominoes associated with the binary words avoiding $k$ consecutive $1$'s, also called generalized $k$-bonacci words. The polyominoes are very entrancing objects, considered in…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-11-11 Sergey Kirgizov , José Luis Ramírez

A morphism h is unambiguous with respect to a word w if there is no other morphism g that maps w to the same image as h. In the present paper we study the question of whether, for any given word, there exists an unambiguous 1-uniform…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2011-08-19 Hossein Nevisi , Daniel Reidenbach

For any integer $k>2$, the infinite $k$-bonacci word $W^{(k)}$, on the infinite alphabet is defined as the fixed point of the morphism $\varphi_k:\mathbb{N}\rightarrow \mathbb{N}^2 \cup \mathbb{N}$, where \begin{equation*} \varphi_k(ki+j) =…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2019-12-12 Narges Ghareghani , Pouyeh Sharifani

Let $w$ be an infinite word on an alphabet $A$. We denote by $(n_i)_{i \geq 1}$ the increasing sequence (assumed to be infinite) of all lengths of palindrome prefixes of $w$. In this text, we give an explicit construction of all words $w$…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2012-02-13 Stéphane Fischler

We implement a decision procedure for answering questions about a class of infinite words that might be called (for lack of a better name) "Fibonacci-automatic". This class includes, for example, the famous Fibonacci word f = 01001010...,…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2014-07-29 Chen Fei Du , Hamoon Mousavi , Luke Schaeffer , Jeffrey Shallit

This paper begins with a comprehensive overview of combinatorics on words and symbolic dynamics, covering their historical origins, fundamental concepts, and interconnections. Building upon this foundation, we introduce novel mathematical…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-05-19 Duaa Abdullah , Jasem Hamoud

Repetition avoidance has been studied since Thue's work. In this paper, we considered another type of repetition, which is called pseudo-power. This concept is inspired by Watson-Crick complementarity in DNA sequence and is defined over an…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2009-11-13 Ehsan Chiniforooshan , Lila Kari , Zhi Xu

The paper explores combinatorial properties of Fibonacci words and their generalizations within the framework of combinatorics on words. These infinite sequences, measures the diversity of subwords in Fibonacci words, showing non-decreasing…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-04-10 Jasem Hamoud , Duaa Abdullah

Let $f_W(n)$ be the number of different factors of length $n$ appearing in $W$. A classical result of Morse and Hedlund, stated in 1938, asserts that an infinite word $W$ is ultimately periodic if and only if $f_W(n)\leq n$ for some $n\in…

Rings and Algebras · Mathematics 2026-05-04 M. A. Khrystik

Howie and Duncan observed that a word in a free product with length at least two and which is not a proper power can be decomposed as a product of two cyclic subwords each of which is uniquely positioned. Using this property, they proved…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2018-04-17 Ihechukwu Chinyere

Let $w$ be a finite word of length $n$. In this paper, we study the maximum possible number of distinct rational power factors in a finite word. A rational power is a word of the form $u=p^kp'$, where $p$ is a nonempty finite word, $k$ is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-05-15 Shuo Li , Yuan Song

In combinatorics on words, a word $w$ over an alphabet $\Sigma$ is said to avoid a pattern $p$ over an alphabet $\Delta$ if there is no factor $f$ of $w$ such that $f= (p)$ where $h: \Delta^*\to\Sigma^*$ is a non-erasing morphism. A pattern…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2013-01-10 Pascal Ochem , Alexandre Pinlou

A word on $q$ symbols is a sequence of letters from a fixed alphabet of size $q$. For an integer $k\ge 1$, we say that a word $w$ is $k$-universal if, given an arbitrary word of length $k$, one can obtain it by removing entries from $w$. It…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-08-15 Matías Pavez-Signé , Daniel A. Quiroz , Nicolás Sanhueza-Matamala

Let $L_{k,\alpha}^{\mathbb{Z}}$ denote the set of all bi-infinite $\alpha$-power free words over an alphabet with $k$ letters, where $\alpha$ is a positive rational number and $k$ is positive integer. We prove that if $\alpha\geq 5$, $k\geq…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-10 Josef Rukavicka