id: 06023669 dt: j an: 06023669 au: Rowland, Eric; Shallit, Jeffrey ti: Avoiding 3/2-powers over the natural numbers. so: Discrete Math. 312, No. 6, 1282-1288 (2012). py: 2012 pu: Elsevier Science B.V. (North-Holland), Amsterdam la: EN cc: ut: pattern avoidance; fractional power; word; combinatorics on words ci: li: doi:10.1016/j.disc.2011.12.019 ab: Summary: We answer the following question: what is the lexicographically least sequence over the natural numbers that avoids $\frac 32$-powers? rv: