Combinatorics on words, or finite sequences, is a field that has grown simultaneously within disparate branches of mathematics such as group theory and probability. It has grown into an independent theory finding substantial applications in computer science, automata theory and linguistics. This volume is the first attempt to present a thorough treatment of this theory.
How have I had this checked out from the library for 365 days without reading any of it? And would any of it have been relevant to me, anyway? Probably not. It's way over my head, and I'm not even that interested in it, though I don't want to admit either of those things.