A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

An n(2)-bound for the ultimate equivalence problem of certain D0L systems over an n-letter alphabet




AuthorsHonkala J

PublisherACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE

Publication year2005

Journal name in sourceJOURNAL OF COMPUTER AND SYSTEM SCIENCES

Journal acronymJ COMPUT SYST SCI

Volume71

Issue4

First page 506

Last page519

Number of pages14

ISSN0022-0000

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcss.2005.05.003


Abstract
The ultimate equivalence problem for DOL systems consists of deciding, given two morphisms g : X* -> X*, h : X* -> X* and a word omega is an element of X*, whether or not g(i)(omega) = h(i)(omega) for all but finitely many i >= 0. We show that for a large class of DOL systems, to decide the ultimate equivalence problem, it suffices to check whether or not g(i)(omega) = h(i)(omega) holds for suitably chosen card(X)(2) consecutive values of i. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.



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