Séminaire Lotharingien de Combinatoire, B18q (1987), 48 pp.
[Formerly: Publ. I.R.M.A. Strasbourg, 1988, 358/S-18, p. 5-52.]

Werner Kuich

Semirings, Automata and Combinatorial Applications

Abstract. This paper introduces into the basics of linear algebra in semirings and automata theory. These are then applied to combinatorial problems.

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The paper has been finally published under the title "Some combinatorial properties of the Thue-Morse sequence and a problem in semigroups" in Theoret. Comput. Sci. 63 (1989), 333-348.