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On the structure of a sofic shift space

Author(s): Klaus Thomsen
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 356 (2004), 3557-3619.
MSC (2000): Primary 37B10
Posted: January 16, 2004
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Abstract: The structure of a sofic shift space is investigated, and Krieger's embedding theorem and Boyle's factor theorem are generalized to a large class of sofic shifts.


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Additional Information:

Klaus Thomsen
Affiliation: Institut for matematiske fag, Ny Munkegade, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
Email: matkt@imf.au.dk

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-04-03437-3
PII: S 0002-9947(04)03437-3
Received by editor(s): November 24, 2002
Received by editor(s) in revised form: April 18, 2003
Posted: January 16, 2004
Copyright of article: Copyright 2004, American Mathematical Society


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