IBP-Litp
1996/16:
Rapport de Recherche Litp /
Litp research reports
8 pages - Mars/March 1996 -
Document en anglais.
PostScript : Ko /Kb
Titre / Title: The Finite Power Property for Rational Sets of the Free Group
Abstract : A subset L of a monoid is said to have the "finite power property" if the monoid generated by L is equal to a finite sum of powers of L. In terms of machines, it corresponds to the fact that a feedback around a device realizing L may be replaced by a finite series of such a device. The finite power property in the free monoid has been shown decidable for rational sets by Hashiguchi and Simon in 1978. We prove here that the finite power property is decidable for rational sets of the free group.
Publications internes Litp 1996 / Litp research reports 1996