154 questions linked to/from How to prove that a language is not regular?
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The alphabet is {a, b}. Show that the set of words with the same number of occurrences of a and b is not regular [duplicate]

This is a question I've been asked to do and I honestly have no idea how to approach this. Help please?:)
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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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If there is comparison between two variables then language is not regular. Then how the below two languages L1 and L2 Regular? Please Explain [duplicate]

How these two languages be regular.If there is comparison between m and n since (n < m) is the condition to be satisfied.
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Show that a language is not regular by Pumping Lemma [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to prove that a language is not regular? Show that $L_2=\{a^nb^k|n\not= k-1\}$ is not regular by Pumping Lemma.
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Proving that $\{0^nw1^n\mid n\geq 0, w\in\{0,1\}\}$ is irregular [duplicate]

How can I prove that the language $L = \{0^nw1^n\mid n\geq0,w\in\{0,1\}\}$ is irregular? I've tried the pumping lemma but that seems not to work.
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Can somebody please explain what the pumping lemma is? [duplicate]

I've had multiple lectures on the pumping lemma but still can't grasp exactly what it is...my main questions are as follows What is the pumping lemma for? How do you use it to prove a language is not ...
I was wondering how one would go about proving a language is Not Regular without using the traditional pumping lemma contradiction. $$L = \{ 1^k 0^n 1^n 0^k \mid k \geq 0, n \geq 0\}$$ I've seen a ...