On the Critical Exponent of Generalized Thue-Morse Words

For certain generalized Thue-Morse words t, we compute the critical exponent, i.e., the supremum of the set of rational numbers that are exponents of powers in t, and determine exactly the occurrences of powers realizing it.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Alexandre Blondin-Massé, Srečko Brlek, Amy Glen, Sébastien Labbé
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science 2007-01-01
Series:Discrete Mathematics & Theoretical Computer Science
Online Access:http://www.dmtcs.org/dmtcs-ojs/index.php/dmtcs/article/view/690