On the rank of the subsets of a free monoid (Q1193899)
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On the rank of the subsets of a free monoid (English)
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27 September 1992
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For a subset \(X \subseteq A^*\) of a word monoid \(A^*\), the rank of \(X\) is defined to be the minimal cardinality \(r(X)\) of a set \(Y\) such that \(X \subset Y^*\). By the defect theorem \(r(X) < | X|\) if \(X^*\) is not a free monoid. The author studies how the rank function behaves with respect to the operations of union, intersection, catenation and iteration. In particular, for catenation it is shown that \(\max\{r(X),r(Y)\}-1\leq r(XY) \leq r(X) + r(Y)\).
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word monoid
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rank
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defect theorem
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free monoid
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catenation
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iteration
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