Some algebraic properties of machine poset of infinite words

Belovs, Aleksandrs

RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 42 (2008) no. 3, pp. 451-466.

The complexity of infinite words is considered from the point of view of a transformation with a Mealy machine that is the simplest model of a finite automaton transducer. We are mostly interested in algebraic properties of the underlying partially ordered set. Results considered with the existence of supremum, infimum, antichains, chains and density aspects are investigated.

Classification : 03D40, 20F10
Mots clés : infinite words, Mealy machine, poset, algebraic properties

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