Sofic and almost of finite type tree-shifts

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Abstract

We introduce the notion of sofic tree-shifts which corresponds to symbolic dynamical systems of infinite trees accepted by finite tree automata. We show that, contrary to shifts of infinite sequences, there is no unique minimal deterministic irreducible tree automaton accepting an irreducible sofic tree-shift, but that there is a unique synchronized one, called the Shannon cover of the tree-shift. We define the notion of almost finite type tree-shift which is a meaningful intermediate dynamical class in between irreducible finite type tree-shifts and irreducible sofic tree-shifts. We characterize the Shannon cover of an almost finite type tree-shift and we design an algorithm to check whether a sofic tree-shift is almost of finite type.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputer Science - Theory and Applications - 5th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia, CSR 2010, Proceedings
Pages12-24
Number of pages13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Jul 2010
Externally publishedYes
Event5th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia, CSR 2010 - Kazan, Russian Federation
Duration: 16 Jun 201020 Jun 2010

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume6072 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference5th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia, CSR 2010
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CityKazan
Period16/06/1020/06/10

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