Sturmian jungle (or garden?) on multiliteral alphabets
Balková, L'ubomíra ; Pelantová, Edita ; Starosta, Štěpán
RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 44 (2010), p. 443-470 / Harvested from Numdam

The properties characterizing sturmian words are considered for words on multiliteral alphabets. We summarize various generalizations of sturmian words to multiliteral alphabets and enlarge the list of known relationships among these generalizations. We provide a new equivalent definition of rich words and make use of it in the study of generalizations of sturmian words based on palindromes. We also collect many examples of infinite words to illustrate differences in the generalized definitions of sturmian words.

Publié le : 2010-01-01
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1051/ita/2011002
Classification:  68R15
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Balková, L'ubomíra; Pelantová, Edita; Starosta, Štěpán. Sturmian jungle (or garden?) on multiliteral alphabets. RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 44 (2010) pp. 443-470. doi : 10.1051/ita/2011002. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/ITA_2010__44_4_443_0/

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