The D-representation of nonnegative integers and the Fibonacci factorization of suffixes of infinite Fibonacci words

  • Authors:
  • Wai-Fong Chuan;Fang-Yi Liao

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-

  • Venue:
  • Discrete Applied Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2014

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Abstract

For each suffix X of a two-way infinite Fibonacci word, we consider the factorization X=u"ku"k"+"1u"k"+"2..., where k is a positive integer, and the length of the factor u"i is the ith Fibonacci number (i=k). It is called the Fibonacci factorization of X of order k. We show that in such a factorization, either all u"i are singular words, or there exists a positive integer l=k such that u"l,u"l"+"1,u"l"+"2,... are the Fibonacci words along an infinite path in the tree of Fibonacci words and the rest of the u"is are singular words. The labels of such infinite paths are determined by the D-representation of nonnegative integers.