How many double squares can a string contain?
How many double squares can a string contain?
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一个字符串可以包含多少个双正方形?
DOI:
10.1016/j.dam.2014.08.016
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发表时间:
2013
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通讯作者:
A. Thierry
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作者:
A. Deza;F. Franek;A. Thierry
Counting the types of squares rather than their occurrences, we consider the problem of bounding the number of distinct squares in a string. Fraenkel and Simpson showed in 1998 that a string of length n contains at most 2 n distinct squares. Ilie presented in 2007 an asymptotic upper bound of 2 n− Θ (log n). We show that a string of length n contains at most⌊ 11 n/6⌋ distinct squares. This new upper bound is obtained by investigating the combinatorial structure of double squares and showing that a string of length n contains at most⌊ 5 n/6⌋ particular double squares. In addition, the established structural properties provide a novel proof of Fraenkel and Simpson’s result.