Download or read book Combinatorics on Words written by M. Lothaire and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-05-29 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Combinatorics on words, or finite sequences, is a field which grew simultaneously within disparate branches of mathematics such as group theory and probability. It has grown into an independent theory finding substantial applications in computer science automata theory and liguistics. This volume is the first to present a thorough treatment of this theory. All of the main results and techniques are covered. The presentation is accessible to undergraduate and graduate level students in mathematics and computer science as well as to specialists in all branches of applied mathematics.