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Centers of languages

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Theoretical Computer Science

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Given a language L, its center is defined as the set of left factors of L for which there exists infinitely many ways to be completed in a word of L. In this communication we prove the center of a one-counter language (resp. a non-expansive language) to be one-counter (resp. non-expansive).

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Boasson, L., Nivat, M. (1981). Centers of languages. In: Deussen, P. (eds) Theoretical Computer Science. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 104. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0017316

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