On the distribution of characteristic parameters of words
Arturo Carpi, Aldo de Luca (2002)
RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications
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For any finite word on a finite alphabet, we consider the basic parameters and of defined as follows: is the minimal natural number for which has no right special factor of length and is the minimal natural number for which has no repeated suffix of length . In this paper we study the distributions of these parameters, here called characteristic parameters, among the words of each length on a fixed alphabet.