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On formal inverse of the Prouhet–Thue–Morse sequence
- Source :
- Discrete Mathematics. 339:1459-1470
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2016.
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Abstract
- Let $p$ be a prime number and consider a $p$-automatic sequence ${\bf u}=(u_{n})_{n\in\N}$ and its generating function $U(X)=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}u_{n}X^{n}\in\mathbb{F}_{p}[[X]]$. Moreover, let us suppose that $u_{0}=0$ and $u_{1}\neq 0$ and consider the formal power series $V\in\mathbb{F}_{p}[[X]]$ which is a compositional inverse of $U(X)$, i.e., $U(V(X))=V(U(X))=X$. In this note we initiate the study of arithmetic properties of the sequence of coefficients of the power series $V(X)$. We are mainly interested in the case when $u_{n}=t_{n}$, where $t_{n}=s_{2}(n)\pmod{2}$ and ${\bf t}=(t_{n})_{n\in\N}$ is the Prouhet-Thue-Morse sequence defined on the two letter alphabet $\{0,1\}$. More precisely, we study the sequence ${\bf c}=(c_{n})_{n\in\N}$ which is the sequence of coefficients of the compositional inverse of the generating function of the sequence ${\bf t}$. This sequence is clearly 2-automatic. We describe the sequence ${\bf a}$ characterizing solutions of the equation $c_{n}=1$. In particular, we prove that the sequence ${\bf a}$ is 2-regular. We also prove that an increasing sequence characterizing solutions of the equation $c_{n}=0$ is not $k$-regular for any $k$. Moreover, we present a result concerning some density properties of a sequence related to ${\bf a}$.<br />Comment: 16 pages; revised version will appear in Discrete Mathematics
- Subjects :
- Power series
Discrete mathematics
Sequence
Automatic sequence
Mathematics - Number Theory
Formal power series
11B83, 11B85
010102 general mathematics
Prime number
Generating function
Inverse
Thue–Morse sequence
0102 computer and information sciences
01 natural sciences
Theoretical Computer Science
Combinatorics
010201 computation theory & mathematics
FOS: Mathematics
Mathematics - Combinatorics
Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics
Combinatorics (math.CO)
Number Theory (math.NT)
0101 mathematics
Mathematics
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 0012365X
- Volume :
- 339
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Discrete Mathematics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3946e6d0bcf307d901db37d2aba50294
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.disc.2015.12.016