A loop-free two-close Gray-code algorithm for listing k-ary Dyck words

AbstractP. Chase and F. Ruskey each published a Gray code for length n binary strings with m occurrences of 1, coding m-combinations of n objects, which is two-close—that is, in passing from one binary string to its successor a single 1 exchanges positions with a 0 which is either adjacent to the 1 or separated from it by a single 0. If we impose the restriction that any suffix of a string contains at least k−1 times as many 0's as 1's, we obtain k-suffixes: suffixes of k-ary Dyck words. Combinations are retrieved as special case by setting k=1 and k-ary Dyck words are retrieved as a special case by imposing the additional condition that the entire string has exactly k−1 times as many 0's a…