Crucial Words and the Complexity of Some Extremal Problems for Sets of Prohibited Words

dc.creatorEvdokimov, A.
dc.creatorKitaev, S.
dc.date2002-05-20
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T04:48:36Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T04:48:36Z
dc.descriptionWe introduced the notation of a set of prohibitions and give definitions of a complete set and a crucial word with respect to a given set of prohibitions. We consider 3 particular sets which appear in different areas of mathematics and for each of them examine the length of a crucial word. One of these sets is proved to be incomplete. The problem of determining lengths of words that are free from a set of prohibitions is shown to be NP-complete, although the related problem of whether or not a given set of prohibitions is complete is known to be effectively solvable.
dc.description16 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/math/0205217
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/math/0205217
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/64113
dc.subjectCombinatorics
dc.titleCrucial Words and the Complexity of Some Extremal Problems for Sets of Prohibited Words
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