Lyndon word

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Etymology[edit]

Named after mathematician Roger Lyndon, who investigated them in 1954, calling them "standard lexicographic sequences".

Noun[edit]

Lyndon word (plural Lyndon words)

  1. A non-empty string that is strictly smaller in lexicographic order than all of its rotations.
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