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A note on special thue systems with a single defining relation

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It is shown that a Thue system of the formT 1 = {(w,e)} is Church-Rosser if and only if there is a Thue systemT 2 that is Church-Rosser and is equivalent toT 1.

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This research was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grants MCS80-11979 and MCS81-16327

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Book, R.V. A note on special thue systems with a single defining relation. Math. Systems Theory 16, 57–60 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01744568

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