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On strong shift equivalence over a Boolean semiring

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

Ki Hang Kim
Affiliation:
Mathematics Research Group, Alabama State University, Montgomery, Alabama 36195, USA
Fred W. Roush
Affiliation:
Mathematics Research Group, Alabama State University, Montgomery, Alabama 36195, USA
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Shift equivalence is the relation between A, B that there exists S, R, n > 0 with RA = BR, AS = SB, SR = An, RS = Bn. Strong shift equivalence is the equivalence relation generated by these equations with n = 1. We prove that for many Boolean matrices strong shift equivalence is characterized by shift equivalence and a trace condition. However, we also show that if A is strongly shift equivalent to B, then there exists a homomorphism from an iterated directed edge graph of A to the graph of B preserving the traces of powers. This yields results on colourings of iterated directed edge graphs and might distinguish new strong equivalence classes.

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