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Star-free trace languages

Antonio RestivoGiovanna GuaianaSergio Salemi

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MonoidPure mathematicsGeneral Computer ScienceAbstract family of languagesComputer Science::Computation and Language (Computational Linguistics and Natural Language and Speech Processing)Star (graph theory)Cone (formal languages)Theoretical Computer ScienceTrace (semiology)Aperiodic graphFormal languageComputer Science::Programming LanguagesCommutative propertyMathematicsComputer Science(all)

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Abstract Generalizing a classical result of Schutzenberger to free partially commutative monoids, we prove that the family of star-free trace languages coincides with the family of aperiodic trace languages.

10.1016/0304-3975(92)90080-yhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-3975(92)90080-Y