lemma

Lemma 8.3

Bridge-shadow identity

Lemma 8.3 (Bridge-shadow identity). Suppose H=RbPH=RbP, λ(H)=P\lambda(H)=P, and PP is the longest even-palindromic suffix of wRPw^RP. If w=ϵw=\epsilon, or if the first letter of ww differs from bb, then Λ(H,w)=Λ(P,w).\Lambda(H,w)=\Lambda(P,w).