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A branch of combinatorics that focuses on the study of words and formal languages
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The functional equation $f(x) = qx + qxf(x) - f(x^2)$
A word (i.e., ordered string of letters) is bifix-free provided it has no proper initial string and terminal string that are identical. For example, the word $ingratiating$ has bifix $ing$, but the wo …
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Covering sequences of words
Try $w_0 = b$, $w_1 = bab$, $w_2 = baba^2bab$, $w_3 = baba^2baba^3baba^2bab$, and recursively $w_{i+1} = w_ia^{i+1}w_i$.
Then $\displaystyle \limsup_{i \rightarrow \infty} Pr(w_i,a^n) = \lim_{i \rig …