Back to Search Start Over

Decidability for Sturmian words

Authors :
Hieronymi, Philipp
Ma, Dun
Oei, Reed
Schaeffer, Luke
Schulz, Christian
Shallit, Jeffrey
Source :
Logical Methods in Computer Science, Volume 20, Issue 3 (August 5, 2024) lmcs:9980
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

We show that the first-order theory of Sturmian words over Presburger arithmetic is decidable. Using a general adder recognizing addition in Ostrowski numeration systems by Baranwal, Schaeffer and Shallit, we prove that the first-order expansions of Presburger arithmetic by a single Sturmian word are uniformly $\omega$-automatic, and then deduce the decidability of the theory of the class of such structures. Using an implementation of this decision algorithm called Pecan, we automatically reprove classical theorems about Sturmian words in seconds, and are able to obtain new results about antisquares and antipalindromes in characteristic Sturmian words.

Details

Database :
arXiv
Journal :
Logical Methods in Computer Science, Volume 20, Issue 3 (August 5, 2024) lmcs:9980
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2102.08207
Document Type :
Working Paper
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.46298/lmcs-20(3:12)2024