Decidability and k-Regular Sequences

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2020-05

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Krenn, Daniel
Shallit, Jeffrey

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Elsevier

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In this paper we consider a number of natural decision problems involving k-regular sequences. Specifically, they arise from considering • lower and upper bounds on growth rate; in particular boundedness, • images, • regularity (recognizability by a deterministic finite automaton) of preimages, and • factors, such as squares and palindromes, of such sequences. We show that these decision problems are undecidable.

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k-regular sequence, decidability, unsolvability

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