On extremal properties of the Fibonacci word

Julien Cassaigne

RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications (2008)

  • Volume: 42, Issue: 4, page 701-715
  • ISSN: 0988-3754

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We survey several quantitative problems on infinite words related to repetitions, recurrence, and palindromes, for which the Fibonacci word often exhibits extremal behaviour.

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Cassaigne, Julien. "On extremal properties of the Fibonacci word." RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications 42.4 (2008): 701-715. <http://eudml.org/doc/250326>.

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