An efficient, when compared to exhaustive enumeration, algorithm for computing the number of square-free words of length n over the alphabet { a, b, c} is presented.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCombinatorics on Words - 13th International Conference, WORDS 2021, Proceedings
EditorsThierry Lecroq, Svetlana Puzynina
PublisherSpringer Nature
Pages142-152
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-030-85088-3
ISBN (Print)9783030850876
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event13th International Conference on Combinatorics on Words, WORDS 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 13 Sep 202117 Sep 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12847 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference13th International Conference on Combinatorics on Words, WORDS 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period13/09/2117/09/21

    Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Computer Science(all)

    Research areas

  • Aho-Corasick automaton, Dynamic programming, Inclusion-exclusion, Square-free words

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