Decidability, Arithmetic Subsequences and Eigenvalues of Morphic Subshifts

Abstract

We prove decidability results on the existence of constant subsequences of uniformly recurrent morphic sequences along arithmetic progressions. We use spectral properties of the subshifts they generate to give a first algorithm deciding whether, given $p\in \mathbb{N}$, there exists such a constant subsequence along an arithmetic progression of common difference $p$. In the special case of uniformly recurrent automatic sequences we explicitly describe the sets of such $p$ by means of automata.