{ "id": "1501.07354", "version": "v1", "published": "2015-01-29T06:47:44.000Z", "updated": "2015-01-29T06:47:44.000Z", "title": "Parikh Matrices and Strong M-Equivalence", "authors": [ "Wen Chean Teh" ], "comment": "14 pages. Under review", "categories": [ "math.CO" ], "abstract": "Parikh matrices have been a powerful tool in arithmetizing words by numerical quantities. However, the dependence on the ordering of the alphabet is inherited by Parikh matrices. Strong M-equivalence is proposed as a canonical alternative to M-equivalence to get rid of this undesirable property. This new combinatorial property proves to be natural and interesting on its own. Some characterization results for $M$-equivalence as well as strong $M$-equivalence are obtained. Finally, the opposite notion of weak $M$-equivalence will be presented.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2015-01-29T06:47:44.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "subjects": [ "68R15", "68Q45", "05A05" ], "keywords": [ "parikh matrices", "strong m-equivalence", "combinatorial property", "characterization results", "opposite notion" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 14, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "adsabs": "2015arXiv150107354C" } } }