On cancellation properties of languages which are supports of rational power series (Q1066677)

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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3926267
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On cancellation properties of languages which are supports of rational power series
scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3926267

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    On cancellation properties of languages which are supports of rational power series (English)
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    1984
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    We show two properties of the languages which are supports of noncommutative rational power series: 1. Each such language L possesses a finite test set; that is, there exists a finite language \(K\subset L\) such that whenever two morphisms into a free monoid coincide on K, then they coincide on L. This is a special case of the Ehrenfeucht conjecture, which was given meanwhile a complete positive (and simple) answer: see e.g. \textit{D. Perrin}: ''On the solution of Ehrenfeucht's conjecture'' [Bull. Eur. Assoc. Theor. Comput. Sci. 2]. If two complementary languages are both supports, then they are regular.
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    noncommutative power series
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    regular language
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    finite test set
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    morphisms
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    free monoid
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    Ehrenfeucht conjecture
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