Infinite Sequences and Pattern Avoidance

The study of combinatorics on words dates back at least to the beginning of the 20th century and the work of Axel Thue. Thue was the first to give an example of an infinite word over a three letter alphabet that contains no squares (identical adjacent blocks) <i>xx</i>. This result...

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Main Author: Rampersad, Narad
Language:en
Published: University of Waterloo 2006
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10012/1155