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Substitution invariant Sturmian words and binary trees

Combinatorics 2017-05-25 v1

Abstract

We take a global view at substitution invariant Sturmian sequences. We show that homogeneous substitution invariant Sturmian sequences sα,αs_{\alpha,\alpha} can be indexed by two binary trees, associated directly to Johannes Kepler's tree of harmonic fractions from 1619. We obtain similar results for the inhomogeneous sequences sα,1αs_{\alpha,1-\alpha} and sα,0s_{\alpha,0}.

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@article{arxiv.1705.08607,
  title  = {Substitution invariant Sturmian words and binary trees},
  author = {Michel Dekking},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.08607},
  year   = {2017}
}
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