scholarly journals A Square Root Map on Sturmian Words

Author(s):  
Jarkko Peltomäki ◽  
Markus Whiteland
Keyword(s):  
10.37236/6074 ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarkko Peltomäki ◽  
Markus A. Whiteland

We introduce a square root map on Sturmian words and study its properties. Given a Sturmian word of slope $\alpha$, there exists exactly six minimal squares in its language (a minimal square does not have a square as a proper prefix). A Sturmian word $s$ of slope $\alpha$ can be written as a product of these six minimal squares: $s = X_1^2 X_2^2 X_3^2 \cdots$. The square root of $s$ is defined to be the word $\sqrt{s} = X_1 X_2 X_3 \cdots$. The main result of this paper is that $\sqrt{s}$ is also a Sturmian word of slope $\alpha$. Further, we characterize the Sturmian fixed points of the square root map, and we describe how to find the intercept of $\sqrt{s}$ and an occurrence of any prefix of $\sqrt{s}$ in $s$. Related to the square root map, we characterize the solutions of the word equation $X_1^2 X_2^2 \cdots X_n^2 = (X_1 X_2 \cdots X_n)^2$ in the language of Sturmian words of slope $\alpha$ where the words $X_i^2$ are minimal squares of slope $\alpha$.We also study the square root map in a more general setting. We explicitly construct an infinite set of non-Sturmian fixed points of the square root map. We show that the subshifts $\Omega$ generated by these words have a curious property: for all $w \in \Omega$ either $\sqrt{w} \in \Omega$ or $\sqrt{w}$ is periodic. In particular, the square root map can map an aperiodic word to a periodic word.


Vestnik MEI ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 79-88
Author(s):  
Sergey B. Gashkov ◽  
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Aleksandr B. Frolov ◽  
Elizaveta Р. Popova ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Vol 61 (2) ◽  
pp. 371-377
Author(s):  
M. Siwczyński ◽  
A. Drwal ◽  
S. Żaba

Abstract The simple digital filters are not sufficient for digital modeling of systems with distributed parameters. It is necessary to apply more complex digital filters. In this work, a set of filters, called the digital function filters, is proposed. It consists of digital filters, which are obtained from causal and stable filters through some function transformation. In this paper, for several basic functions: exponential, logarithm, square root and the real power of input filter, the recursive algorithms of the digital function filters have been determined The digital function filters of exponential type can be obtained from direct recursive formulas. Whereas, the other function filters, such as the logarithm, the square root and the real power, require using the implicit recursive formulas. Some applications of the digital function filters for the analysis and synthesis of systems with lumped and distributed parameters (a long line, phase shifters, infinite ladder circuits) are given as well.


Author(s):  
Beatriz Liara Carreira ◽  
Analice Costacurta Brandi ◽  
Laison Junio da Silva Furlan ◽  
Matheus Tozo de Araujo ◽  
Leandro Franco de Souza

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