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Construction of regular languages and recognizability of polynomials

Computational Complexity 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

A generalization of numeration system in which the set N of the natural numbers is recognizable by finite automata can be obtained by describing a lexicographically ordered infinite regular language. Here we show that if P belonging to Q[x] is a polynomial such that P(N) is a subset of N then we can construct a numeration system in which the set of representations of P(N) is regular. The main issue in this construction is to setup a regular language with a density function equals to P(n+1)-P(n) for n large enough.

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@article{arxiv.cs/9908018,
  title  = {Construction of regular languages and recognizability of polynomials},
  author = {Michel Rigo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/9908018},
  year   = {2007}
}

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11 pages

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