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Formulas with Reversal

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Unveiling Dynamics and Complexity (CiE 2017)

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We introduce the new concept of “formula with reversal”. We show some simple formulas with reversal that have high index and we give a partial characterization of unavoidable formulas with reversal.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Winnipeg, 515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 2E9, Canada

    Narad Rampersad

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  1. University of Turku, Turku, Finland

    Jarkko Kari

  2. Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

    Florin Manea

  3. Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland

    Ion Petre

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Rampersad, N. (2017). Formulas with Reversal. In: Kari, J., Manea, F., Petre, I. (eds) Unveiling Dynamics and Complexity. CiE 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10307. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58741-7_10

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