Combinatorics of periods in strings

  • Authors:
  • Eric Rivals;Sven Rahmann

  • Affiliations:
  • LIRMM, CNRS U.M.R. 5506, 161 rue Ada, F-34392 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France;Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Dept. of Computational Molecular Biology, Ihnestraße 73, D-14195 Berlin, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Combinatorial Theory Series A
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

We consider the set Γn of all period sets of strings of length n over a finite alphabet. We show that there is redundancy in period sets and introduce the notion of an irreducible period set. We prove that Γn is a lattice under set inclusion and does not satisfy the Jordan-Dedekind condition. We propose the first efficient enumeration algorithm for Γn and improve upon the previously known asymptotic lower bounds on the cardinality of Γn. Finally, we provide a new recurrence to compute the number of strings sharing a given period set, and exhibit an algorithm to sample uniformly period sets through irreducible period set.