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I'mA word $y$ is a subword of $w$ if there exist words $x$ and $z$ (possibly empty) such that $w=xyz$. Thus, $01$ is a subword of $0110$, but $00$ is not a subword of $0110$. I'm interested in right-infinite words over a two-letter alphabet that do not contain subwords of the form $xxx$, where $x$ is a word of one or more letters. (For example, the Thue-Morse word, the Kolakoski word, Stewart's choral sequence, and so on.) In particular, I would like to know if there are any general statements about all such words. For example, are there an infinite number of them? Is there any way to classify them?

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From the comments it seemsIt's possible that I needone way to clarify the terms I useclassify cube-free infinite binary words is to group them according to their subwords. A For example, the Kolakoski word $y$ is ahas the subword of $w$ if there exist$00100$ whereas the Thue-Morse word does not, so they belong in different classes. The words $x$ and $z$created in Tony's answer (possibly emptysee below) such thathave the same subwords $w=xyz$. Thus(the Thue-Morse word is recurrent), $01$so they belong to one class. I suppose there an infinite number of these classes.

Another possible way to classify cfib words is to group them according to their subword complexity. For example, Stewart's choral sequence has a subword complexity of $0110$, but$2n$ $00$(where $n$ is not a subwordthe length of the subword), so we can group it with other cfib words with subword complexity $0110$$2n$. A word is cube-free if it does not contain subwordsIs the subword complexity of the form $xxx$ where $x$ is aKolakoski word of one or more letters.known?

I'm interested in right-infinite words over a two-letter alphabet that do not contain subwords of the form $xxx$. (For example, the Thue-Morse word, the Kolakoski word, Stewart's choral sequence, and so on.) In particular, I would like to know if there are any general statements about all such words. For example, are there an infinite number of them? Is there any way to classify them?

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From the comments it seems that I need to clarify the terms I use. A word $y$ is a subword of $w$ if there exist words $x$ and $z$ (possibly empty) such that $w=xyz$. Thus, $01$ is a subword of $0110$, but $00$ is not a subword of $0110$. A word is cube-free if it does not contain subwords of the form $xxx$ where $x$ is a word of one or more letters.

A word $y$ is a subword of $w$ if there exist words $x$ and $z$ (possibly empty) such that $w=xyz$. Thus, $01$ is a subword of $0110$, but $00$ is not a subword of $0110$. I'm interested in right-infinite words over a two-letter alphabet that do not contain subwords of the form $xxx$, where $x$ is a word of one or more letters. (For example, the Thue-Morse word, the Kolakoski word, Stewart's choral sequence, and so on.) In particular, I would like to know if there are any general statements about all such words. For example, are there an infinite number of them? Is there any way to classify them?

It's possible that one way to classify cube-free infinite binary words is to group them according to their subwords. For example, the Kolakoski word has the subword $00100$ whereas the Thue-Morse word does not, so they belong in different classes. The words created in Tony's answer (see below) have the same subwords (the Thue-Morse word is recurrent), so they belong to one class. I suppose there an infinite number of these classes.

Another possible way to classify cfib words is to group them according to their subword complexity. For example, Stewart's choral sequence has a subword complexity of $2n$ (where $n$ is the length of the subword), so we can group it with other cfib words with subword complexity $2n$. Is the subword complexity of the Kolakoski word known?

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I'm interested in right-infinite words over a two-letter alphabet that do not contain subwords of the form $xxx$. (For example, the Thue-Morse word, the Kolakoski word, Stewart's choral sequence, and so on.) In particular, I would like to know if there are any general statements about all such words. For example, are there an infinite number of them? Is there any way to classify them?

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From the comments it seems that I need to clarify the terms I use. A word $y$ is a subword of $w$ if there exist words $x$ and $z$ (possibly empty) such that $w=xyz$. Thus, $01$ is a subword of $0110$, but $00$ is not a subword of $0110$. A word is cube-free if it does not contain subwords of the form $xxx$ where $x$ is a word of one or more letters.

I'm interested in right-infinite words over a two-letter alphabet that do not contain subwords of the form $xxx$. (For example, the Thue-Morse word, the Kolakoski word, Stewart's choral sequence, and so on.) In particular, I would like to know if there are any general statements about all such words. For example, are there an infinite number of them? Is there any way to classify them?

I'm interested in right-infinite words over a two-letter alphabet that do not contain subwords of the form $xxx$. (For example, the Thue-Morse word, the Kolakoski word, Stewart's choral sequence, and so on.) In particular, I would like to know if there are any general statements about all such words. For example, are there an infinite number of them? Is there any way to classify them?

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From the comments it seems that I need to clarify the terms I use. A word $y$ is a subword of $w$ if there exist words $x$ and $z$ (possibly empty) such that $w=xyz$. Thus, $01$ is a subword of $0110$, but $00$ is not a subword of $0110$. A word is cube-free if it does not contain subwords of the form $xxx$ where $x$ is a word of one or more letters.

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