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arxiv: 0804.0258 · v1 · submitted 2008-04-01 · 🧮 math.CO

The critical exponent of the Arshon words

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Generalizing the results of Thue (for n = 2) and of Klepinin and Sukhanov (for n = 3), we prove that for all n greater than or equal to 2, the critical exponent of the Arshon word of order $n$ is given by (3n-2)/(2n-2), and this exponent is attained at position 1.

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