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Main Authors: Schnoebelen, Philippe, Vialard, Isa
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.16560
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  • The piecewise complexity $h(u)$ of a word is the minimal length of subwords needed to exactly characterise $u$. Its piecewise minimality index $ρ(u)$ is the smallest length $k$ such that $u$ is minimal among its order-$k$ class $[u]_k$ in Simon's congruence. We initiate a study of these two descriptive complexity measures. Among other results we provide efficient algorithms for computing $h(u)$ and $ρ(u)$ for a given word $u$.