Conjecture on the string attractor size of simple-Parry automatic sequences

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Let cc be a finite word satisfying condition (WH), and assume that one of the equivalent assertions in Proposition 4 holds. Let u\mathbf{u} be the associated simple-Parry automatic sequence, let kk be the length parameter from that proposition, and let UiU_i denote the sequence of lengths associated with cc. The function su(m)s_{\mathbf{u}}(m) is the minimum size of a string attractor of the length-mm prefix of u\mathbf{u}. String-attractor-size conjecture.

su(m)={i+1,if m[Ui,Ui+1) with 0ik2,k,if mUk1.s_{\mathbf{u}}(m)=\begin{cases} i+1, & \text{if }m\in[U_i,U_{i+1})\text{ with }0\leq i\leq k-2,\\ k, & \text{if }m\geq U_{k-1}. \end{cases}

This conjecture predicts the exact minimal string-attractor size for the prefixes of the sequences under consideration, extending the known behavior of the period-doubling word and the bounds established earlier in the paper. Its status is not resolved in the supplied source.

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France Gheeraert, Giuseppe Romana and Manon Stipulanti, “String attractors of some simple-Parry automatic sequences”, arXiv:2302.13647 (2024).

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