Computing Maximal Repeating Subsequences in a String

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Autori principali: Gong, Mingyang, Liyanage, Adiesha, Sopp, Braeden, Zhu, Binhai
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author Gong, Mingyang
Liyanage, Adiesha
Sopp, Braeden
Zhu, Binhai
author_facet Gong, Mingyang
Liyanage, Adiesha
Sopp, Braeden
Zhu, Binhai
contents In this paper we initiate the study of computing a maximal (not necessarily maximum) repeating pattern in a single input string, where the corresponding problems have been studied (e.g., a maximal common subsequence) only in two or more input strings by Hirota and Sakai starting 2019. Given an input string $S$ of length $n$, we can compute a maximal square subsequence of $S$ in $O(n\log n)$ time, greatly improving the $O(n^2)$ bound for computing the longest square subsequence of $S$. For a maximal $k$-repeating subsequence, our bound is $O(f(k)n\log n)$, where \(f(k)\) is a computable function such that $f(k) < k\cdot 4^k$. This greatly improves the $O(n^{2k-1})$ bound for computing a longest $k$-repeating subsequence of $S$, for $k\geq 3$. Both results hold for the constrained case, i.e., when the solution must contain a subsequence $X$ of $S$, though with higher running times.
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spellingShingle Computing Maximal Repeating Subsequences in a String
Gong, Mingyang
Liyanage, Adiesha
Sopp, Braeden
Zhu, Binhai
Data Structures and Algorithms
Formal Languages and Automata Theory
68W01, 68W32
F.2.2
In this paper we initiate the study of computing a maximal (not necessarily maximum) repeating pattern in a single input string, where the corresponding problems have been studied (e.g., a maximal common subsequence) only in two or more input strings by Hirota and Sakai starting 2019. Given an input string $S$ of length $n$, we can compute a maximal square subsequence of $S$ in $O(n\log n)$ time, greatly improving the $O(n^2)$ bound for computing the longest square subsequence of $S$. For a maximal $k$-repeating subsequence, our bound is $O(f(k)n\log n)$, where \(f(k)\) is a computable function such that $f(k) < k\cdot 4^k$. This greatly improves the $O(n^{2k-1})$ bound for computing a longest $k$-repeating subsequence of $S$, for $k\geq 3$. Both results hold for the constrained case, i.e., when the solution must contain a subsequence $X$ of $S$, though with higher running times.
title Computing Maximal Repeating Subsequences in a String
topic Data Structures and Algorithms
Formal Languages and Automata Theory
68W01, 68W32
F.2.2
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.12200