Ostrowski Numeration Systems, Addition, and Finite Automata
Ostrowski Numeration Systems, Addition, and Finite Automata
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奥斯特洛夫斯基计数系统、加法和有限自动机
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2014
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A. Terry
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Philipp Hieronymi;A. Terry
We present an elementary three pass algorithm for computing addition in Ostrowski numeration systems. When $a$ is quadratic, addition in the Ostrowski numeration system based on $a$ is recognizable by a finite automaton. We deduce that a subset of $Xsubseteq mathbb{N}^n$ is definable in $(mathbb{N},+,V_a)$, where $V_a$ is the function that maps a natural number $x$ to the smallest denominator of a convergent of $a$ that appears in the Ostrowski representation based on $a$ of $x$ with a non-zero coefficient, if and only if the set of Ostrowski representations of elements of $X$ is recognizable by a finite automaton. The decidability of the theory of $(mathbb{N},+,V_a)$ follows.