The Parikh functions of sparse context-free languages are quasi-polynomials
Flavio D'Alessandro, Benedetto Intrigila, Stefano Varricchio

TL;DR
This paper proves that the Parikh map of bounded context-free languages is a box spline and that such functions are rational, revealing new structural properties of these languages.
Contribution
It establishes that the Parikh map of bounded context-free languages is a box spline and rational, advancing understanding of their combinatorial and algebraic structure.
Findings
Parikh map of bounded context-free languages is a box spline.
Such Parikh functions are rational.
Provides new insights into the structure of these languages.
Abstract
We prove that the Parikh map of a bounded context-free language is a box spline. Moreover we prove that in this case, such a function is rational.
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Topicssemigroups and automata theory · Algorithms and Data Compression · DNA and Biological Computing
