convolution


Let Σ be an alphabet, # a symbol not in Σ.

Let x1x2x|x|,y1y2y|y|,z1z2z|z|, be n words over Σ*. Let l denote the maximum length.

The convolution of these words is

(x1,y1,)(x2,y2,)(xl,yl,)

where for any i>|w|, the wi is #. This is a new word in ((Σ{#})n)*.

The convolution of x,y,z, is sometimes denoted conv(x,y,z,), or xyz

Example

The convolution of and,fish,be is

(a,f,b)(n,i,e)(d,s,#)(#,h,#)

Notes

This definition bears no to the notion of convolution (http://planetmath.org/Convolution) of functions.

Title convolution
Canonical name Convolution1
Date of creation 2013-03-22 14:16:51
Last modified on 2013-03-22 14:16:51
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