The HOM-problem , which asks whether the image of a regular tree language under a tree homomorphism is again regular, is known to be decidable. In this paper, we prove the weighted HOM-problem for all fields decidable, provided that the tree homomorphism is tetris-free (a condition that generalizes injectivity). To this end, we reduce the problem to a property of the device representing the homomorphic image in question; to prove this property decidable, we then derive a pumping lemma for such devices from the well-known pumping lemma for regular tree series over fields, proved by Berstel and Reutenauer in 1982.

The HOM-problem asks whether the image of a regular tree language under a given tree homomorphism is again regular. It was recently shown to be decidable by Godoy, Giménez, Ramos, and Àlvarez. In this paper, the ℕ-weighted version of this problem is considered and its decidability is proved. More precisely, it is decidable in polynomial time whether the image of a regular ℕ-weighted tree language under a nondeleting, nonerasing tree homomorphism is regular.

Abstract The HOM problem, which asks whether the image of a regular tree language under a given tree homomorphism is again regular, is known to be decidable [Godoy & Giménez: The HOM problem is decidable. JACM 60(4), 2013]. However, the problem remains open for regular weighted tree languages. It is demonstrated that the main notion used in the unweighted setting, the tree automaton with equality and inequality constraints , can straightforwardly be generalized to the weighted setting and can represent the image of any regular weighted tree language under any nondeleting and nonerasing tree homomorphism. Several closure properties as well as decision problems are also investigated for the weighted tree languages generated by weighted tree automata with constraints.