Glossary for combinatorics on words: Difference between revisions
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| Lyndon word || lexicographically brightest mode || A word that is lexicographically first among its rotations | | Lyndon word || lexicographically brightest mode || A word that is lexicographically first among its rotations | ||
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| Sturmian word || aperiodic MOS scale || A binary cutting word where the line has irrational slope. | | Sturmian word (Note: definitions of this may vary.) || aperiodic MOS scale || A binary cutting word where the line has irrational slope. | ||
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| cutting word, cutting sequence || [[billiard scale]] || The word of letters given by traversing a line of a given direction, where each letter c_i is an intersection of the line with the coordinate plane x_i = m_i. | | cutting word, cutting sequence || [[billiard scale]] || The word of letters given by traversing a line of a given direction, where each letter c_i is an intersection of the line with the coordinate plane x_i = m_i. | ||