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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2018.54
Sums of Palindromes: an Approach via Automata

Authors: Aayush Rajasekaran, Jeffrey Shallit, and Tim Smith

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 96, 35th Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2018)

Abstract
Recently, Cilleruelo, Luca, & Baxter proved, for all bases b >= 5, that every natural number is the sum of at most 3 natural numbers whose base-b representation is a palindrome. However, the cases b = 2, 3, 4 were left unresolved. We prove, using a decision procedure based on automata, that every natural number is the sum of at most 4 natural numbers whose base-2 representation is a palindrome. Here the constant 4 is optimal. We obtain similar results for bases 3 and 4, thus completely resolving the problem.
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Aayush Rajasekaran, Jeffrey Shallit, and Tim Smith. Sums of Palindromes: an Approach via Automata. In 35th Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2018). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 96, pp. 54:1-54:12, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2018)

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@InProceedings{rajasekaran_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2018.54,
  author =	{Rajasekaran, Aayush and Shallit, Jeffrey and Smith, Tim},
  title =	{{Sums of Palindromes: an Approach via Automata}},
  booktitle =	{35th Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2018)},
  pages =	{54:1--54:12},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-062-0},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2018},
  volume =	{96},
  editor =	{Niedermeier, Rolf and Vall\'{e}e, Brigitte},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2018.54},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-84976},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2018.54},
  annote =	{Keywords: finite automaton, nested-word automaton, decision procedure, palindrome, additive number theory}
}
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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2013.413
On Infinite Words Determined by Stack Automata

Authors: Tim Smith

Published in: LIPIcs, Volume 24, IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2013)

Abstract
We characterize the infinite words determined by one-way stack automata. An infinite language L determines an infinite word alpha if every string in L is a prefix of alpha. If L is regular or context-free, it is known that alpha must be ultimately periodic. We extend this result to the class of languages recognized by one-way nondeterministic checking stack automata (1-NCSA). We then consider stronger classes of stack automata and show that they determine a class of infinite words which we call multilinear. We show that every multilinear word can be written in a form which is amenable to parsing. Finally, we consider the class of one-way multihead deterministic finite automata (1:multi-DFA). We show that every multilinear word can be determined by some 1:multi-DFA, but that there exist infinite words determined by 1:multi-DFA which are not multilinear.
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Tim Smith. On Infinite Words Determined by Stack Automata. In IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2013). Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs), Volume 24, pp. 413-424, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2013)

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@InProceedings{smith:LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2013.413,
  author =	{Smith, Tim},
  title =	{{On Infinite Words Determined by Stack Automata}},
  booktitle =	{IARCS Annual Conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science (FSTTCS 2013)},
  pages =	{413--424},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-64-4},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2013},
  volume =	{24},
  editor =	{Seth, Anil and Vishnoi, Nisheeth K.},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops-dev.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2013.413},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-43692},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.FSTTCS.2013.413},
  annote =	{Keywords: stack automaton, infinite word, pumping lemma, prefix language, multihead finite automaton}
}
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