149 questions linked to/from How to prove that a language is not regular?
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### Pumping Lemma for regular language [duplicate]

I have a question to find out that L = {a^(2k)|k>=1} is regular. I know that it is regular set but I was looking to find out if pumping lemma is satisfying or not. So I tried it as - ...
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### Prove language is not regular? [duplicate]

I know how to use the pumping lemma to do so, but I don't think that can be used for this language: $$L = \{x \in \{0,1\}^* : \text{no prefix of x has more 1's than 0's}\}.$$ What other ...
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### Provide “regular” grammar for this language {${a^ib^j \mid i>0\ and \hspace{2.5mm}i\leq j \leq(2*i)}$} [duplicate]

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.
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### Is the language given by this CFG regular? [duplicate]

S → AB | C A → aAb | ab B → cBd | cd C → aCd | aDd D → bDc | bc How can I prove that this language is regular or not? I need your help. It also has two ...
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### Pumping Lemma vs Myhill-Nerode [duplicate]

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: $$L = \{ a^n b^n \mid n \ge 0\}$$ ...
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### is it possible to do a DFA for these languages? [duplicate]

I have just started learning Automata Theory, so far I only know about regular languages, FSM (NFAs and DFAs) and regular grammars, but I come across a question like this: "Given the next languages, ...
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### Formal Languages and Automata Theory [duplicate]

How can I show that $L = \{a^m b^n \mid (m > n \text{ or } m < n) \text{ and } m, n ≥ 1\}$ is not a regular language.
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### Show that the language L = {www : w ∈ {0, 1} ∗} is not regular [duplicate]

Hey was wondering if I'm applying the pumping lemma correctly for this proof or if this proof could be improved? Suppose $L = \{www:w\in\{0,1\}^*\}$ is a regular language. Let $p$ be the number from ...
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### Pumping lemma of regular language [duplicate]

I was wondering in how to solve this question, I feel a bit confused: for $\Sigma = \{1,\#\}$, consider D=\{w \mid w=x_1 \# x_2 \# \cdots \# x_k \text{ for } k \geq 0, \text{ each } x_i \in 1^*, \...
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### Proving a language is regular or non-regular [duplicate]

I'm struggling a bit to understand two of the problems we were given in class. Could someone look over my work and maybe give me a few hints? State whether the following languages are regular or not ...
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### Prove EXP to be regular or non-regular [duplicate]

Given L is regular, Prove/Disprove that the following language is regular or not. $EXP = \{w| w^{|w|} ∈L\}$
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### Proving a language is non-regular using the Pumping Lemma for non-binary strings [duplicate]

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 ...
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### Show that a language is not regular using the Pumping Lemma [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to prove that a language is not regular? Given a language $L = \{a^pb^{2p} \mid p \ge 1\}$, how could I show, using the Pumping Lemma that $L$ is not regular?
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### Proving that language is regular or not [duplicate]

How to prove that the language over the alphabet $\{0, 1, +, =\}$ is regular or not: $\{a+b=c:a,b,c \text{ are integers in binary for which } a \text{ plus } b\text{ equals } c\}$ I started with the ...
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### Can't tell whether the following language is regular or not: [duplicate]

I have to decide if the following language is regular or not. I suspect it is not regular, so I try using pumping lemma to prove it, but something goes wrong. Any help on how to use pumping lemma on ...

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