no. 2
Finite completion of comma-free codes. Part 1
RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 38 (2004) no. 2, pp. 91-115.

This paper is the first step in the solution of the problem of finite completion of comma-free codes. We show that every finite comma-free code is included in a finite comma-free code of particular kind, which we called, for lack of a better term, canonical comma-free code. Certainly, finite maximal comma-free codes are always canonical. The final step of the solution which consists in proving further that every canonical comma-free code is completed to a finite maximal comma-free code, is intended to be published in a forthcoming paper.

DOI : 10.1051/ita:2004006
Classification : 68R15, 68S05
Mots clés : comma-free code, completion, finite maximal comma-free code 
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Lam, Nguyen Huong. Finite completion of comma-free codes. Part 1. RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 38 (2004) no. 2, pp. 91-115. doi : 10.1051/ita:2004006. http://archive.numdam.org/articles/10.1051/ita:2004006/

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