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Avoiding squares and overlaps over the natural numbers
- Source :
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Discrete Mathematics . Nov2009, Vol. 309 Issue 21, p6245-6254. 10p. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Abstract: We consider avoiding squares and overlaps over the natural numbers, using a greedy algorithm that chooses the least possible integer at each step; the word generated is lexicographically least among all such infinite words. In the case of avoiding squares, the word is , the familiar ruler function, and is generated by iterating a uniform morphism. The case of overlaps is more challenging. We give an explicitly-defined morphism that generates the lexicographically least infinite overlap-free word by iteration. Furthermore, we show that for all with , the word is the lexicographically least overlap-free word starting with the letter and ending with the letter , and give some of its symmetry properties. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 0012365X
- Volume :
- 309
- Issue :
- 21
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Discrete Mathematics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 44941850
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.disc.2009.06.004