An efficient algorithm finds noticeable trends and examples concerning the černy conjecture

A. N. Trahtman

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Abstract

A word w is called synchronizing (recurrent, reset, directed) word of a deterministic finite automaton (DFA) if w sends all states of the automaton on a unique state. Jan Černy had found in 1964 a sequence of n-state complete DFA with shortest synchronizing word of length (n -1)2. He had conjectured that it is an upper bound for the length of the shortest synchronizing word for any n-state complete DFA. The examples of DFA with shortest synchronizing word of length (n -1)2 are relatively rare. To the Černy sequence were added in all examples of Černy, Piricka and Rosenauerova (1971), of Kari (2001) and of Roman (2004). By help of a program based on some effective algorithms, a wide class of automata of size less than 11 was checked. The order of the algorithm finding synchronizing word is quadratic for overwhelming majority of known to date automata. Some new examples of n-state DFA with minimal synchronizing word of length (n - 1) 2 were discovered. The program recognized some remarkable trends concerning the length of the minimal synchronizing word.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMathematical Foundations of Computer Science 2006 - 31st International Symposium, MFCS 2006, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages789-800
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)3540377913, 9783540377917
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Event31st International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, MFCS 2006 - Stara Lesna, Slovakia
Duration: 28 Aug 20061 Sep 2006

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4162 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference31st International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, MFCS 2006
Country/TerritorySlovakia
CityStara Lesna
Period28/08/061/09/06

Keywords

  • Algorithm
  • Complexity
  • Deterministic finite automaton
  • Synchronizing word
  • Černy conjecture

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