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Main Authors: Becher, Verónica, Carton, Olivier, Figueira, Santiago
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.18383
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author Becher, Verónica
Carton, Olivier
Figueira, Santiago
author_facet Becher, Verónica
Carton, Olivier
Figueira, Santiago
contents In 1976, Rauzy studied two complexity functions, $\underlineβ$ and $\overlineβ$, for infinite sequences over a finite alphabet. The function $\underlineβ$ achieves its maximum precisely for Borel normal sequences, while $\overlineβ$ reaches its minimum for sequences that, when added to any Borel normal sequence, result in another Borel normal sequence. We establish a connection between Rauzy's complexity functions, $\underlineβ$ and $\overlineβ$, and the notions of non-aligned block entropy, $\underline{h}$ and $\overline{h}$, by providing sharp upper and lower bounds for $\underline{h}$ in terms of $\underlineβ$, and sharp upper and lower bounds for $\overline{h}$ in terms of $\overlineβ$. We adopt a probabilistic approach by considering an infinite sequence of random variables over a finite alphabet. The proof relies on a new characterization of non-aligned block entropies, $\overline{h}$ and $\underline{h}$, in terms of Shannon's conditional entropy. The bounds imply that sequences with $\overline{h} = 0$ coincide with those for which $\overlineβ = 0$. We also show that the non-aligned block entropies, $\underline{h}$ and $\overline{h}$, are essentially subadditive.
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spellingShingle Rauzy dimension and finite-state dimension
Becher, Verónica
Carton, Olivier
Figueira, Santiago
Information Theory
Formal Languages and Automata Theory
In 1976, Rauzy studied two complexity functions, $\underlineβ$ and $\overlineβ$, for infinite sequences over a finite alphabet. The function $\underlineβ$ achieves its maximum precisely for Borel normal sequences, while $\overlineβ$ reaches its minimum for sequences that, when added to any Borel normal sequence, result in another Borel normal sequence. We establish a connection between Rauzy's complexity functions, $\underlineβ$ and $\overlineβ$, and the notions of non-aligned block entropy, $\underline{h}$ and $\overline{h}$, by providing sharp upper and lower bounds for $\underline{h}$ in terms of $\underlineβ$, and sharp upper and lower bounds for $\overline{h}$ in terms of $\overlineβ$. We adopt a probabilistic approach by considering an infinite sequence of random variables over a finite alphabet. The proof relies on a new characterization of non-aligned block entropies, $\overline{h}$ and $\underline{h}$, in terms of Shannon's conditional entropy. The bounds imply that sequences with $\overline{h} = 0$ coincide with those for which $\overlineβ = 0$. We also show that the non-aligned block entropies, $\underline{h}$ and $\overline{h}$, are essentially subadditive.
title Rauzy dimension and finite-state dimension
topic Information Theory
Formal Languages and Automata Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.18383