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2011
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Stefano Bilotta
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In this paper we study the enumeration and the construction, according to the number of ones, of particular binary words avoiding a fixed pattern. The growth of such words can be described by particular jumping and marked succession rules. This approach enables us to obtain an algorithm which constructs all binary words having a fixed number of ones and then kills those containing the forbidden pattern.
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Given a (finite or infinite) subset $X$ of the free monoid $A^*$ over a finite alphabet $A$, the rank of $X$ is the minimal cardinality of a set $F$ such that $X subseteq F^*$. We say that a submonoid $M$ generated by $k$ elements of $A^*$ is {em $k$-maximal} if there does not exist another submonoid generated by at most $k$ words containing $M$. We call a set $X subseteq A^*$ {em primitive} if it is the basis of a $|X|$-maximal submonoid. This definition encompasses the notion of primitive word -- in fact, ${w}$ is a primitive set if and only if $w$ is a primitive word. By definition, for any set $X$, there exists a primitive set $Y$ such that $X subseteq Y^*$. We therefore call $Y$ a {em primitive root} of $X$. As a main result, we prove that if a set has rank $2$, then it has a unique primitive root. To obtain this result, we prove that the intersection of two $2$-maximal submonoids is either the empty word or a submonoid generated by one single primitive word. For a single word $w$, we say that the set ${x,y}$ is a {em bi-root} of $w$ if $w$ can be written as a concatenation of copies of $x$ and $y$ and ${x,y}$ is a primitive set. We prove that every primitive word $w$ has at most one bi-root ${x,y}$ such that $|x|+|y|<sqrt{|w|}$. That is, the bi-root of a word is unique provided the word is sufficiently long with respect to the size (sum of lengths) of the root. Our results are also compared to previous approaches that investigate pseudo-repetitions, where a morphic involutive function $theta$ is defined on $A^*$. In this setting, the notions of $theta$-power, $theta$-primitive and $theta$-root are defined, and it is shown that any word has a unique $theta$-primitive root. This result can be obtained with our approach by showing that a word $w$ is $theta$-primitive if and only if ${w, theta(w)}$ is a primitive set.
Given a (finite or infinite) subset $X$ of the free monoid $A^*$ over a finite alphabet $A$, the rank of $X$ is the minimal cardinality of a set $F$ such that $X subseteq F^*$. A submonoid $M$ generated by $k$ elements of $A^*$ is $k$-maximal if there does not exist another submonoid generated by at most $k$ words containing $M$. We call a set $X subseteq A^*$ primitive if it is the basis of a $|X|$-maximal submonoid. This extends the notion of primitive word: indeed, ${w}$ is a primitive set if and only if $w$ is a primitive word. By definition, for any set $X$, there exists a primitive set $Y$ such that $X subseteq Y^*$. The set $Y$ is therefore called a primitive root of $X$. As a main result, we prove that if a set has rank $2$, then it has a unique primitive root. This result cannot be extended to sets of rank larger than 2. For a single word $w$, we say that the set ${x,y}$ is a {em binary root} of $w$ if $w$ can be written as a concatenation of copies of $x$ and $y$ and ${x,y}$ is a primitive set. We prove that every primitive word $w$ has at most one binary root ${x,y}$ such that $|x|+|y|<sqrt{|w|}$. That is, the binary root of a word is unique provided the length of the word is sufficiently large with respect to the size of the root. Our results are also compared to previous approaches that investigate pseudo-repetitions, where a morphic involutive function $theta$ is defined on $A^*$. In this setting, the notions of $theta$-power, $theta$-primitive and $theta$-root are defined, and it is shown that any word has a unique $theta$-primitive root. This result can be obtained with our approach by showing that a word $w$ is $theta$-primitive if and only if ${w, theta(w)}$ is a primitive set.
An infinte word w avoids a pattern p with the involution t if there is no substitution for the variables in p and no involution t such that the resulting word is a factor of w. We investigate the avoidance of patterns with respect to the size of the alphabet. For example, it is shown that the pattern a t(a) a can be avoided over three letters but not two letters, whereas it is well known that a a a is avoidable over two letters.
Minimal forbidden factors are a useful tool for investigating properties of words and languages. Two factorial languages are distinct if and only if they have different (antifactorial) sets of minimal forbidden factors. There exist algorithms for computing the minimal forbidden factors of a word, as well as of a regular factorial language. Conversely, Crochemore et al. [IPL, 1998] gave an algorithm that, given the trie recognizing a finite antifactorial language $M$, computes a DFA recognizing the language whose set of minimal forbidden factors is $M$. In the same paper, they showed that the obtained DFA is minimal if the input trie recognizes the minimal forbidden factors of a single word. We generalize this result to the case of a circular word. We discuss several combinatorial properties of the minimal forbidden factors of a circular word. As a byproduct, we obtain a formal definition of the factor automaton of a circular word. Finally, we investigate the case of minimal forbidden factors of the circular Fibonacci words.
The notion of a $p$-Riordan graph generalizes that of a Riordan graph, which, in turn, generalizes the notions of a Pascal graph and a Toeplitz graph. In this paper we introduce the notion of a $p$-Riordan word, and show how to encode $p$-Riordan graphs by $p$-Riordan words. For special important cases of Riordan graphs (the case $p=2$) and oriented Riordan graphs (the case $p=3$) we provide alternative encodings in terms of pattern-avoiding permutations and certain balanced words, respectively. As a bi-product of our studies, we provide an alternative proof of a known enumerative result on closed walks in the cube.
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