Evan Sala

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Theory of computation · 2 · 1 first-author · 2 since 2021
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2025 Efficient Constructions of the Prefer-Same and Prefer-Opposite de Bruijn Sequences
abstract
The greedy Prefer-same de Bruijn sequence construction was first presented by Eldert, Gray, Gurk, and Rubinoff in 1958. As a greedy algorithm, it has one major downside: it requires an exponential amount of space to store the length \(2^{n}\) de Bruijn sequence. Though de Bruijn sequences have been heavily studied over the last 60 years, finding an efficient construction for the Prefer-same de Bruijn sequence has remained a tantalizing open problem. In this article, we unveil the underlying structure of the Prefer-same de Bruijn sequence and solve the open problem by presenting an efficient algorithm to construct it using \(O(n)\) time per bit and only \(O(n)\) space. Following a similar approach, we also present an efficient algorithm to construct the Prefer-opposite de Bruijn sequence.
Evan Sala, Joe Sawada, Abbas Alhakim
ACM Trans. Algorithms1
2021 Revisiting the Prefer-same and Prefer-opposite de Bruijn sequence constructions
Abbas Alhakim, Evan Sala, Joe Sawada
Theor. Comput. Sci.2