Mean asymptotic behaviour of radix-rational sequences and dilation equations (Extended version)

Abstract: The generating series of a radix-rational sequence is a rational formal power series from formal language theory viewed through a fixed radix numeration system. For each radix-rational sequence with complex values we provide an asymptotic expansion for the sequence of its Ces`aro means. The precision of the asymptotic expansion depends on the joint spectral radius of the linear representation of the sequence; the coefficients are obtained through some dilation equations. The proofs are based on elementary linear algebra.