Every real number greater than 1 is a critical exponent

The equation $a^M=b^Nc^P$ in a free group.

Roger C. Lyndon, M. P. Schützenberger · The Michigan Mathematical Journal · 1962 · 348 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Organization Studies, Group Dynamics +4

Uniformly growing k-th power-free homomorphisms

Franz–Josef Brandenburg · Theoretical Computer Science · 1988 · 152 citations

Natural Sciences, High-performance Computing, Combinatorics +3

Repetitions in the Fibonacci infinite word

Filippo Mignosi, Giuseppe Pirillo · RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications · 1992 · 107 citations · Full text

Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Combinatorics +4

Axel Thue's papers on repetitions in words: a translation

Jean Berstel · HAL (Le Centre pour la Communication Scientifique Directe) · 1992 · 107 citations

Language Studies, Linguistics, Translation Studies +8

Pattern avoidance: themes and variations

James D. Currie · Theoretical Computer Science · 2005 · 65 citations

Computing, Behavioral Sciences, Machine Learning +6