On minimal words with given subword complexity
The electronic journal of combinatorics, Tome 5 (1998)
We prove that the minimal length of a word $S_n$ having the property that it contains exactly $F_{m+2}$ distinct subwords of length $m$ for $1 \leq m \leq n$ is $F_n + F_{n+2}$. Here $F_n$ is the $n$th Fibonacci number defined by $F_1 = F_2 = 1$ and $F_n = F_{n-1} + F_{n-2}$ for $n > 2$. We also give an algorithm that generates a minimal word $S_n$ for each $n \geq 1$.
@article{10_37236_1373,
author = {Ming-wei Wang and Jeffrey Shallit},
title = {On minimal words with given subword complexity},
journal = {The electronic journal of combinatorics},
year = {1998},
volume = {5},
doi = {10.37236/1373},
zbl = {0898.68058},
url = {http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.37236/1373/}
}
Ming-wei Wang; Jeffrey Shallit. On minimal words with given subword complexity. The electronic journal of combinatorics, Tome 5 (1998). doi: 10.37236/1373
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