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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

In this article, we count the number of return words in some infinite words with complexity 2n+1. We also consider some infinite words given by codings of rotation and interval exchange transformations on k intervals. We prove that the…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Laurent Vuillon

We study the asymptotics and fine-scale behavior of quantitative combinatorial measures of infinite words and related dynamical and algebraic structures. We construct infinite recurrent words $w$ whose complexity functions $p_w(n)$ are…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Be'eri Greenfeld , Carlos Gustavo Moreira , Efim Zelmanov

The palindromic length of the finite word $v$ is equal to the minimal number of palindromes whose concatenation is equal to $v$. It was conjectured in 2013 that for every infinite aperiodic word $x$, the palindromic length of its factors is…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2025-09-16 Josef Rukavicka

In the study of infinite words, various notions of balancedness provide quantitative measures for how regularly letters or factors occur, and they find applications in several areas of mathematics and theoretical computer science. In this…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-04 Bastiàn Espinoza , Pierre Popoli , Manon Stipulanti

Brlek and Reutenauer conjectured that any infinite word u with language closed under reversal satisfies the equality 2D(u)=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} T(n) in which D(u) denotes the defect of u and T(n) denotes C(n+1)-C(n)+2-P(n+1)-P(n), where C…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-02-05 Lubomira Balkova , Edita Pelantova , Stepan Starosta

A simple Parry number is a real number \beta>1 such that the R\'enyi expansion of 1 is finite, of the form d_\beta(1)=t_1...t_m. We study the palindromic structure of infinite aperiodic words u_\beta that are the fixed point of a…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Petr Ambrož , Christiane Frougny , Zuzana Masáková , Edita Pelantová

The prefix palindromic length $p_{\mathbf{u}}(n)$ of an infinite word $\mathbf{u}$ is the minimal number of concatenated palindromes needed to express the prefix of length $n$ of $\mathbf{u}$. This function is surprisingly difficult to…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-03-15 Dora V. Bulgakova , Anna E. Frid , Jérémy Scanvic

The prefix palindromic length $PPL_u(n)$ of an infinite word $u$ is the minimal number of concatenated palindromes needed to express the prefix of length $n$ of $u$. In a 2013 paper with Puzynina and Zamboni we stated the conjecture that…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2020-01-09 Anna E. Frid

Motivated by a conjecture of Frid, Puzynina, and Zamboni, we investigate infinite words with the property that for infinitely many n, every length-n factor is a product of two palindromes. We show that every Sturmian word has this property,…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-09-18 Adam Borchert , Narad Rampersad

An infinite permutation is a linear ordering of the set of non-negative integers. Generally, the properties of infinite permutations analogous to those of infinite words show some resemblances and some differences between permutations and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2009-11-09 S. V. Avgustinovich , A. E. Frid , T. Kamae , P. V. Salimov

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

Frid, Puzynina and Zamboni (2013) defined the palindromic length of a finite word $w$ as the minimal number of palindromes whose concatenation is equal to $w$. For an infinite word $u$ we study $PL_{u}$, that is, the function that assigns…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-08-28 Petr Ambrož , 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

Two words are $k$-binomially equivalent if each subword of length at most $k$ occurs the same number of times in both words. The $k$-binomial complexity of an infinite word is a counting function that maps $n$ to the number of $k$-binomial…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2022-12-07 Michel Rigo , Manon Stipulanti , Markus A. Whiteland

In this paper we study the asymptotic behaviour of two relatively new complexity functions defined on infinite words and their relationship to periodicity. Given a factor $u$ of an infinite word $x$, we say $u$ is closed if it is a letter…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2023-01-04 O. Parshina , M. Postic

We regard a finite word $u=u_1u_2\cdots u_n$ up to word isomorphism as an equivalence relation on $\{1,2,\ldots, n\}$ where $i$ is equivalent to $j$ if and only if $x_i=x_j.$ Some finite words (in particular all binary words) are generated…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2014-04-04 Tero Harju , Mari Huova , L. Q. Zamboni

Brlek and Reutenauer conjectured that any infinite word u with language closed under reversal satisfies the equality 2D(u) = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty}T_u(n) in which D(u) denotes the defect of u and T_u(n) denotes C_u(n+1)-C_u(n) +2 - P_U(n+1) -…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2013-02-12 Lubomira Balkova , Edita Pelantova , Stepan Starosta

We introduce a variation of the Ziv-Lempel and Crochemore factorizations of words by requiring each factor to be a palindrome. We compute these factorizations for the Fibonacci word, and more generally, for all $m$-bonacci words.

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2019-05-07 Marieh Jahannia , Morteza Mohammad-noori , Narad Rampersad , Manon Stipulanti

In this paper, we study combinatorial and structural properties of a new class of finite and infinite words that are 'rich' in palindromes in the utmost sense. A characteristic property of so-called "rich words" is that all complete returns…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2010-03-16 Amy Glen , Jacques Justin , Steve Widmer , Luca Q. Zamboni