A partial word is a word that is a partial mapping into an alphabet. We prove a variant of Fine and Wilf's theorem for partial words, and give extensions of some general combinatorial properties of words.
Fine and Wilf's theorem for three periods and a generalization of Sturmian words
โ Scribed by M.Gabriella Castelli; Filippo Mignosi; Antonio Restivo
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 700 KB
- Volume
- 218
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0304-3975
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โฆ Synopsis
We extend the theorem of Fine and Wilf to words having three periods. We then define the set 3-PER of words of maximal length for which such result does not apply. We prove that the set 3-PER and the sequences of complexity 2n + 1, introduced by Amoux and Rauzy to generalize Sturmian words, have the same set of factors.
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