LaCIM, Université du Québec à Montréal, Case Postale 8888, succursale Centre-ville, Montréal (Québec) H3C 3P8, Canada
Abstract:
We define Markoff words as certain factors appearing in bi-infinite words satisfying the Markoff condition. We prove that these words coincide with central words, yielding a new characterization of Christoffel words.