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On the equivalence of Z-automata
Marie-Pierre Béal 1, Sylvain Lombardy 2, Jacques Sakarovitch 3
(2005)

We prove that two automata with multiplicity in Z are equivalent, i.e. define the same rational series, if and only if there is a sequence of Z-coverings, co-Z-coverings, and circulations of –1, which transforms one automaton into the other. Moreover, the construction of these transformations is effective. This is obtained by combining two results: the first one relates coverings to conjugacy of automata, and is modeled after a theorem from symbolic dynamics; the second one is an adaptation of Schützenberger's reduction algorithm of representations in a field to representations in an Euclidean domain (and thus in Z).
1 :  Laboratoire d'Informatique Gaspard-Monge (LIGM)
Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée (UPEMLV) – ESIEE – Ecole des Ponts ParisTech – Fédération de Recherche Bézout – CNRS : UMR8049
2 :  Laboratoire d'informatique Algorithmique : Fondements et Applications (LIAFA)
CNRS : UMR7089 – Université Paris VII - Paris Diderot
3 :  Laboratoire Traitement et Communication de l'Information [Paris] (LTCI)
Télécom ParisTech – CNRS : UMR5141
Informatique/Mathématique discrète
Automata with multiplicities – coverings of automata – conjugacy