Periodicity problem of substitutions over ternary alphabets
Tan, Bo ; Wen, Zhi-Ying
RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 42 (2008), p. 747-762 / Harvested from Numdam
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In this paper, we characterize the substitutions over a three-letter alphabet which generate a ultimately periodic sequence.

Publié le : 2008-01-01
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1051/ita:2007057
Classification:  11B85,  68R15 
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Tan, Bo; Wen, Zhi-Ying. Periodicity problem of substitutions over ternary alphabets. RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 42 (2008) pp. 747-762. doi : 10.1051/ita:2007057. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/ITA_2008__42_4_747_0/

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