Rich, Sturmian, and trapezoidal words

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DOI10.1016/J.TCS.2008.06.009zbMATH Open1153.68045arXiv0802.3885OpenAlexW1979358057MaRDI QIDQ955036FDOQ955036


Authors: Amy Glen, Luca Q. Zamboni, Aldo De Luca Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 18 November 2008

Published in: Theoretical Computer Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: In this paper we explore various interconnections between rich words, Sturmian words, and trapezoidal words. Rich words, first introduced in arXiv:0801.1656 by the second and third authors together with J. Justin and S. Widmer, constitute a new class of finite and infinite words characterized by having the maximal number of palindromic factors. Every finite Sturmian word is rich, but not conversely. Trapezoidal words were first introduced by the first author in studying the behavior of the subword complexity of finite Sturmian words. Unfortunately this property does not characterize finite Sturmian words. In this note we show that the only trapezoidal palindromes are Sturmian. More generally we show that Sturmian palindromes can be characterized either in terms of their subword complexity (the trapezoidal property) or in terms of their palindromic complexity. We also obtain a similar characterization of rich palindromes in terms of a relation between palindromic complexity and subword complexity.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0802.3885




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