On the complexity of subshifts and infinite words

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Hauptverfasser: Greenfeld, Be'eri, Moreira, Carlos Gustavo, Zelmanov, Efim
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author Greenfeld, Be'eri
Moreira, Carlos Gustavo
Zelmanov, Efim
author_facet Greenfeld, Be'eri
Moreira, Carlos Gustavo
Zelmanov, Efim
contents We characterize the complexity functions of subshifts up to asymptotic equivalence. The complexity function of every aperiodic function is non-decreasing, submultiplicative and grows at least linearly. We prove that conversely, every function satisfying these conditions is asymptotically equivalent to the complexity function of a recurrent subshift, equivalently, a recurrent infinite word. Our construction is explicit, algorithmic in nature and is philosophically based on constructing certain 'Cantor sets of integers', whose 'gaps' correspond to blocks of zeros. We also prove that every non-decreasing submultiplicative function is asymptotically equivalent, up a linear error term, to the complexity function of a minimal subshift.
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spellingShingle On the complexity of subshifts and infinite words
Greenfeld, Be'eri
Moreira, Carlos Gustavo
Zelmanov, Efim
Dynamical Systems
Combinatorics
Rings and Algebras
We characterize the complexity functions of subshifts up to asymptotic equivalence. The complexity function of every aperiodic function is non-decreasing, submultiplicative and grows at least linearly. We prove that conversely, every function satisfying these conditions is asymptotically equivalent to the complexity function of a recurrent subshift, equivalently, a recurrent infinite word. Our construction is explicit, algorithmic in nature and is philosophically based on constructing certain 'Cantor sets of integers', whose 'gaps' correspond to blocks of zeros. We also prove that every non-decreasing submultiplicative function is asymptotically equivalent, up a linear error term, to the complexity function of a minimal subshift.
title On the complexity of subshifts and infinite words
topic Dynamical Systems
Combinatorics
Rings and Algebras
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.03403