# a regular language so that $unary(L) \notin$Context Free Languages [closed]

I need a regular language $L\subseteq \{0,1\}^{*}$ so that $unary(L)$ is not context free.

unary of $L$ is defined by: $$unary(L) = \{0^{1x} : x \in L \}$$

Example $L = \{0, 11\}$ $\rightarrow unary(L) = \{00, 0000000\}$

Any help would be great.

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Let $L = 10^*$ and observe that $$\text{unary}(L) = \{ 1, 11, 1111, 11111111, \dots\} = \{1^{2^i} \mid i \in \mathbb{N} \}.$$
• Can you explain how you got unary(L). Because the way I see it $L = \{1, 10, 100, 1000, 1000, ... \}$ so with the above definition $unary(L) = \{0^3, 0^6, 0^{12}, 0^{24}, ... \}$ isn't it? – user130554 Apr 6 '14 at 22:08
• I must admit I don't really get your definition of $\text{unary}(L)$, but the point is that you must make a language where the words grow exponentially fast. If the next element in your sequence is $0^{48}$, i.e., your sequence is $3 \cdot 2^i$ you should be fine. – Pål GD Apr 6 '14 at 22:23
• The way I understand the definition is that if you have say $L = \{0, 01\}$ you replace $x$ with $0$ and $01$ and when you convert this binary number into a decimal, you get the exponent for $0$, so for example $0^{10}, 0^{101}$ would give $unary(L) = \{0^2 , 0^5 \}$, but I do understand it now. Thanks for your help! – user130554 Apr 6 '14 at 22:43