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

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 kNk\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.

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

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