The Frobenius Problem in a Free Monoid

Authors Jui-Yi Kao, Jeffrey Shallit, Zhi Xu



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Jui-Yi Kao
Jeffrey Shallit
Zhi Xu

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Jui-Yi Kao, Jeffrey Shallit, and Zhi Xu. The Frobenius Problem in a Free Monoid. In 25th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science. Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 1, pp. 421-432, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2008)
https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2008.1362

Abstract

The classical Frobenius problem over ${mathbb N}$ is to compute the largest integer $g$ not representable as a non-negative integer linear combination of non-negative integers $x_1, x_2, ldots, x_k$, where $gcd(x_1, x_2, ldots, x_k) = 1$. In this paper we consider novel generalizations of the Frobenius problem to the noncommutative setting of a free monoid. Unlike the commutative case, where the bound on $g$ is quadratic, we are able to show exponential or subexponential behavior for several analogues of $g$, with the precise bound depending on the particular measure chosen.
Keywords
  • Combinatorics on words
  • Frobenius problem
  • free monoid

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