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The question I'm working from is: Prove whether or not a finite automation exists that recognises the following language: B = {ww | w ∈ {a,b,c,...,z)*} EDIT So I believe this is a non-regular ...

Possible Duplicate: How to prove that a language is not regular? Why $L_a$ and $L_b$ are not reguluar? $L_a = \{ e^i f^{n-i} g^j h^{n-j} : n \in N, 1 \leq i, j \leq n \}$. $L_b= \{nm^{i_1} ...

Consider the language defined by the following grammar: $$ \begin{align*} &S \rightarrow E \\ &S \rightarrow \epsilon \\ &E \rightarrow E+E \\ &E \rightarrow E-E \\ &E \rightarrow \...

I'm trying to prove that the set of even-length strings with the two middle symbols being equal cannot be accepted by finite automata. I can explain why it cannot be accepted intuitively, but I'm ...

Consider the non-regular language $L_1$ = {$a^n$b$a^n$: $n \geq 0$} and its super-set language L = Language of strings with equal number of trailing and leading a's, or in other words, $$L = \{a^...

I was searching for a difference on both ways of proving that a language is not regular but I didn't came up with much. Let us take the following as an example: $$ L = \{ a^n b^n \mid n \ge 0\} $$ ...

$D → T ∨ D | T$ $T → C ∧ T | C$ $C → ¬C | name | ( D )$ $name → a | b | c | d$ I am not looking for the complete answer, but more the methodology of working this out. How would I go about proving ...

What are the common ways to check if a given language is regular, context free, or context sensitive? Any surveys or notes would also be helpful. There's no need to describe your suggestions. eg. it ...

i had troubles proving this is not regular using the pumping lemma {$a^ib^jc^k : j = i \lor j = k$}. Not sure how to approach this anymore, and help would be appreciated

I'm trying to understand the approach to constructing an grammar which accepts the language ${a^ib^j \mid i>0\ and \hspace{2.5mm}i\leq j \leq(2*i)}$ } Thanks.

I have the languages $L_1$ and $L_2$ such that $L_1 = \{a^nba^n :n \in N\}$ and $L_2 =\{a,b\}^*\setminus L_1$. I want to prove that $L_2$ is not a regular language. I know that to prove that $L_2$ is ...

I am unsure of how to prove this language is non-regular. I do not even know where to start to develop a string that would prove the language is non-regular by contradiction. Any help would be ...

I'm trying to show that $L_6=\{c^n a^m b^p : n+m=p,p \geq 6\}$ is not regular. I need a little help, I was practicing the pumping lemma, and I encountered this language, I saw these conditions and got ...

Show that the following languages are not regular: $(1)\ L=\left\{a^nb^mc^k\mid n>k \land n,m,k>0\right\}$ $(2)\ L=\left\{a^nb^mc^k\mid m>k \land n,m,k>0\right\}$ I've difficulties ...

I'm trying to show that the language in the title is not regular but I don't know how to chose a decomposition $x = abc$ to express the word in the language because the $w \in \{a,b,c\}^*$ is kinda ...