For each $n\in N ^{\ast }$, we write $s_{N}=\left( 1,\ldots ,1,0\Giusto) $
with $n$ times $1$. For each $a \in N$, we consider the binary representation
$\Sinistra( a_{io}\Giusto) _{i\in -N }$ of $a$ with $a_{io}=0$ for nearly each $i$; Noi
denote by $\alpha _{N}(UN)$ the number of integers $i$ such that $\left( a_{io},
\ldots ,a_{i+n} \Giusto) =s_{N}$. We consider the curve $C_{N}=\left(
S_{N,k}\Giusto) _{k\in N ^{\ast }}$ which consists of consecutive segments of
length $1$ such that, for each $k$, $S_{N,k+1}$ is obtained from $S_{N,k}$ di
turning right if $k+\alpha _{N}(k)-\alpha _{N}(k-1)$ is even and left
otherwise. $C_{1}$ is self-avoiding since it is the curve associated to the
alternating folding sequence. In [1], M. Mend\`es France and J. Shallit
conjectured that the curves $C_{N}$ for $n\geq 2$ are also self-avoiding. In
the present paper, we show that this property is true for $n=2$. Dimostriamo anche
that $C_{2}$ has some properties similar to those which were shown in [2], [3]
E [4] for folding curves.

Questo articolo esplora i giri e le loro implicazioni.

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