Classification conjecture for primitive morphism fixed points among binary generalized pseudostandard words

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Let a binary generalized pseudostandard word be an infinite word over a binary alphabet generated by generalized pseudopalindromic closure, and call it aperiodic if it is not ultimately periodic. A word is a fixed point of a primitive morphism if it is unchanged by a morphism whose incidence matrix has a positive power with all entries positive. Let φk\varphi_k denote the morphism defined in the source.

Classification conjecture. Let u\mathbf u be an aperiodic binary generalized pseudostandard word, not standard Sturmian, being a fixed point of a primitive morphism. Then

u=φk(u)\mathbf u=\varphi_k(\mathbf u)

for some k∈Nk\in\mathbb N.

The conjecture asserts that the morphisms φk\varphi_k provide the only class of primitive morphisms with such fixed points, apart from standard Sturmian words. The source presents this as an open problem based on computer experiments.

References

Primary source

Lubomira Dvorakova and Tereza Velka, “Fixed points of morphisms among binary generalized pseudostandard words”, arXiv:1701.04472 (2017).

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