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periodicity of a word

asked 2019-01-19 16:39:09 +0100

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updated 2019-01-19 18:03:16 +0100

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I have the following code to create words.

sage: M.<x,y,z> = FreeMonoid(3)
sage: Word(x^3*y*x*z^2*x)
word: xxxyxzzx

I want find the periodicity of a given word.

For example ababab has periodicity 3 and abcdabcde has periodicity 1.

Kindly help me with this.

Thank you.

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What should be the periodicity of abcabcab?

rburing gravatar imagerburing ( 2019-01-19 18:54:42 +0100 )edit

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answered 2019-01-19 20:55:55 +0100

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updated 2019-01-19 21:46:34 +0100

Just give a name to your word:

sage: w= Word(x^3*y*x*z^2*x)

Then discover some methd related to periods:

sage: w.per<TAB_KEY>

Then look at the documentation of the periods method:

sage: w.periods?

Then construct your own periodicity function, knowing that:

sage: w.periods()
[7]

sage: w = Word('ababab')
sage: w.periods()
[2, 4]

sage: w = Word('abcdabcde')
sage: w.periods()
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