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ON GENERALIZED ZETA-FUNCTIONS OF FORMAL LANGUAGES AND SERIES




AuthorsHONKALA J

PublisherELSEVIER SCIENCE BV

Publication year1991

JournalDiscrete Applied Mathematics

Journal name in sourceDISCRETE APPLIED MATHEMATICS

Journal acronymDISCRETE APPL MATH

Volume32

Issue2

First page 141

Last page153

Number of pages13

ISSN0166-218X

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/0166-218X(91)90097-G(external)


Abstract
We study generalized zeta functions of formal languages and series. We give necessary conditions for the rationality of the generalized zeta function. We show that it is decidable whether or not the (generalized) zeta function of a Q-algebraic series is a rational function. The same question is shown to be undecidable for context-free languages.



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