FACTORIZATIONS AND UNIVERSAL AUTOMATON OF OMEGA LANGUAGES
Vincent Carnino, Sylvain Lombardy · International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science · 2014
We extend the concept of factorization on finite words to ω-rational languages and show how to compute them. We define a normal form for Büchi automata and introduce a universal automaton for Büchi automata in normal form. We prove that, for every ω-rational language, this Büchi automaton, based on factorization, is canonical and that it is the smallest automaton that contains the morphic image of every equivalent Büchi automaton in normal form.