Balanced Fibonacci word rectangles, and beyond

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Main Authors: Shallit, Jeffrey, Vukusic, Ingrid
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Published: 2025
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author Shallit, Jeffrey
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Vukusic, Ingrid
contents Following a recent paper of Anselmo et al., we consider $m \times n$ rectangular matrices formed from the Fibonacci word, and we show that their balance properties can be solved with a finite automaton. We also generalize the result to every Sturmian characteristic word corresponding to a quadratic irrational. Finally, we also examine the analogous question for the Tribonacci word and the Thue-Morse word.
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spellingShingle Balanced Fibonacci word rectangles, and beyond
Shallit, Jeffrey
Vukusic, Ingrid
Number Theory
Discrete Mathematics
Formal Languages and Automata Theory
Combinatorics
Following a recent paper of Anselmo et al., we consider $m \times n$ rectangular matrices formed from the Fibonacci word, and we show that their balance properties can be solved with a finite automaton. We also generalize the result to every Sturmian characteristic word corresponding to a quadratic irrational. Finally, we also examine the analogous question for the Tribonacci word and the Thue-Morse word.
title Balanced Fibonacci word rectangles, and beyond
topic Number Theory
Discrete Mathematics
Formal Languages and Automata Theory
Combinatorics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.25994