Rationality of the Möbius function of subword order (Q1189619)
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Rationality of the Möbius function of subword order (English)
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27 September 1992
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The subword ordering of words defines the Möbius function \(\mu: A^*\times A^*\to\mathbb{Z}\). The main result is that the noncommutative power series \(\sum_{\beta,\alpha\in A^*} \mu(\beta,\alpha)\beta\otimes\alpha\) is rational.
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formal power series
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zeta function
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subword ordering of words
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Möbius function
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noncommutative power series
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