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Fife's Theorem for (7/3)-Powers

Formal Languages and Automata Theory 2011-08-19 v2 Discrete Mathematics

Abstract

We prove a Fife-like characterization of the infinite binary (7/3)-power-free words, by giving a finite automaton of 15 states that encodes all such words. As a consequence, we characterize all such words that are 2-automatic.

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@article{arxiv.1104.3500,
  title  = {Fife's Theorem for (7/3)-Powers},
  author = {Narad Rampersad and Jeffrey Shallit and Arseny Shur},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1104.3500},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

In Proceedings WORDS 2011, arXiv:1108.3412

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