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Computing periodicities in strings: A new approach
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Computing periodicities in strings: A new approach

W.F. Smyth
16th Australasian Workshop on Combinatorial Algorithms (AWOCA) 2005 (Ballarat, VIC, 18/09/2005–21/09/2005)
2005
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Abstract

The most efficient methods currently available for the computation of repetitions or repeats in a string x = x[1..n] all depend on the prior computation of a suffix tree/array STx/SAx. Although these data structures can be computed in asymptotic Θ(n) time, nevertheless in practice they involve significant overhead, both in time and space. Since the number of repetitions/repeats in x can be reported in a way that is at most linear in string length, it therefore seems that it should be possible to devise less roundabout means of computing repetitions/repeats that take advantage of their infrequent occurrence. This survey paper provides background for these ideas and explores the possibilities for more efficient computation of periodicities in strings.

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