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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144941103321

Autore

Pytheas Fogg N

Titolo

Substitutions in Dynamics, Arithmetics and Combinatorics / / by N. Pytheas Fogg ; edited by Valerie Berthé, Sebastien Ferenczi, Christian Mauduit, Anne Siegel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2002

ISBN

3-540-45714-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2002.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XX, 404 p.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Mathematics, , 0075-8434 ; ; 1794

Disciplina

510 s

511.3

Soggetti

Number theory

Functions of real variables

Dynamics

Ergodic theory

Sequences (Mathematics)

Computers

Logic, Symbolic and mathematical

Number Theory

Real Functions

Dynamical Systems and Ergodic Theory

Sequences, Series, Summability

Computation by Abstract Devices

Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Basic notions on substitutions -- Basic notions on substitutions -- Arithmetics and combinatorics of substitutions -- Substitutions, arithmetic and finite automata: an introduction -- Automatic sequences and transcendence -- Substitutions and partitions of the set of positive integers -- Dynamics of substitutions -- Substitutions and symbolic dynamical systems -- Sturmian Sequences -- Spectral theory and geometric representation of substitutions -- Diophantine



approximations, substitutions, and fractals -- Extensions to free groups and interval transformations -- Infinite words generated by invertible substitutions -- Polynomial dynamical systems associated with substitutions -- Piecewise linear transformations of the unit interval and Cantor sets -- Some open problems -- A. Undecomposable matrices in dimension 3 (by J. Rivat).

Sommario/riassunto

A certain category of infinite strings of letters on a finite alphabet is presented here, chosen among the 'simplest' possible one may build, both because they are very deterministic and because they are built by simple rules (a letter is replaced by a word, a sequence is produced by iteration). These substitutive sequences have a surprisingly rich structure. The authors describe the concepts of quantity of natural interactions, with combinatorics on words, ergodic theory, linear algebra, spectral theory, geometry of tilings, theoretical computer science, diophantine approximation, trancendence, graph theory. This volume fulfils the need for a reference on the basic definitions and theorems, as well as for a state-of-the-art survey of the more difficult and unsolved problems.