A Sharper Upper Bound for the Separating Words Problem

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author Dumitru, Bogdan C.
author_facet Dumitru, Bogdan C.
contents We show that for any two distinct words $ s_1, s_2 $ over an arbitrary alphabets, there exists a deterministic finite automaton with $ O(\log^2 n) $ states that accepts $ s_1 $ and rejects $ s_2 $. This improves the previous upper bound of $O(n^{1/3}\log^7 n)$
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spellingShingle A Sharper Upper Bound for the Separating Words Problem
Dumitru, Bogdan C.
Formal Languages and Automata Theory
Number Theory
We show that for any two distinct words $ s_1, s_2 $ over an arbitrary alphabets, there exists a deterministic finite automaton with $ O(\log^2 n) $ states that accepts $ s_1 $ and rejects $ s_2 $. This improves the previous upper bound of $O(n^{1/3}\log^7 n)$
title A Sharper Upper Bound for the Separating Words Problem
topic Formal Languages and Automata Theory
Number Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.23184