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arxiv: 1401.6536 · v2 · pith:XWAAWQU5new · submitted 2014-01-25 · 💻 cs.DM · cs.FL· math.CO

Infinite square-free self-shuffling words

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In this paper we answer two recent questions from Charlier et al. and Harju about self-shuffling words. An infinite word $w$ is called self-shuffling, if $w=\prod_{i=0}^\infty U_iV_i=\prod_{i=0}^\infty U_i=\prod_{i=0}^\infty V_i$ for some finite words $U_i$, $V_i$. Harju recently asked whether square-free self-shuffling words exist. We answer this question affirmatively. Besides that, we build an infinite word such that no word in its shift orbit closure is self-shuffling, answering positively a question from Charlier et al.

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