163 questions linked to/from How to prove that a language is not regular?
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### Create automata from non regular grammar

I have two grammars: L → ε | aLcLc L → ε | aLcLc | LL This two grammars are equals but the first one is regular, so it produces a regular language and a ...
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### DFA for $L = \{y \in (a+b)^* \mid ||y|_a - |y|_b| \leq 10 \}$

$L = \{y \in (a+b)^* \mid ||y|_a - |y|_b| \leq 10 \}$ Any idea? I have problem with this kind of task.
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### Is this language L regular?

Let's say we have the language L = {w $\in$ {a,b}$^*$ : ($\exists n \in \mathbb{N}$)[$w|_b = 5^n$]}. I want to know if this is a regular language or not. How do I go about doing this? I'm familiar ...
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### How to check $L$ is regular or not [duplicate]

If $L=\{w \in \Sigma^*\mid w=uv,\text{ number of occurnce a's in$u$equal to number of occurrence b's in$v$}\}.$ I think $L=\Sigma^*$ because for any string in $\Sigma^*$, we can split it to $uv$ ...
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### Show that $\{xy : x \in \{a\}^*, y \in \{b\}^*, |x| = |y|\}$ is a not a regular language

I have been asked as an exercise how to prove that this is not a regular language. first I tried to use the pumping lemma, but I got stucked. Th erxercise hust said to prove thata this isn't a regular ...
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### How to prove that the language of words ucv with as many a's in u as b's in v is irregular?

I'm trying to prove that: $L=\{w\in\{a,b,c\}^*\Big|\#_a(u)=\#_b(v),\ \ w=ucv,\ \ \ u,v\in\{a,b\}^*\}$ is irregular, so I'm trying to use the Pumping Lemma. This is what I tried so far: $w=a^ncb^n$...
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### Use the pumping lemma to show that the language is not regular [closed]

I am working on this problem : Use the pumping lemma to show that the language $\{0^n 1^{n} \mid n ≥ 1\}$ is not regular. May someone give me some suggestion about how to solve this problem?
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### Show that {xy : x,y ∈ {a,b}*, |x| = |y|, x ≠ y} is a not a regular language

Actually, I know that there are many examples showing how this is a contex-free language, but I can't find any that show it isn't regular. I would appreciate if I could have a solution step by step ...
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### proving L = {$a^{100}yy^r : \forall y \in$ {a,b}*} is not regular

I need to prove that L = {$a^{100}yy^r : \forall y \in$ {a,b}*} is not regular. i have tried using pumping lemma but couldn't get far with it. Any help in where i should go with it?
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### Is $\{a^mb^nc^n \mid m,n \geq 0\} \cup \{b,c\}^*$ regular or not?

Show if $L = \{a^mb^nc^n \mid m,n \geq 0\} \cup \{b,c\}^*$ is regular or not. My attempt: I think the Pumping lemma won't work in that constellation, so I'm working with "The intersection of ...
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### Using Nerode theorem to prove that the following languages are non-regular

I've been trying to understand the idea behind proving a language is not regular by using Nerode's theorem, but I just couldn't apply the idea on what I've been asked. The problem is to prove the ...
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### Language of strings of lengths that are prime is regular? Is C^* regular? [duplicate]

With $\Sigma = \{a\}$ I want to see if a language $C = \{a^p \ | \ p \ \text{is prime}\}$ is regular and whether or not $C^*$ is regular. How would I go about showing whether $C$ or $C^*$ are regular?...