Combinatorics of unique maximal factorization families (UMFFs)

Suppose a set W of strings contains exactly one rotation (cyclic shift) of every primitive string on some alphabet Σ. Then W is a circ-UMFF if and only if every word in Σ+ has a unique maximal factorization over W. The classic circ-UMFF is the set of Lyndon words based on lexicographic ordering (195...

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Main Authors: Daykin, D., Daykin, J., Smyth, Bill
Format: Journal Article
Published: IOS Press 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/19951