Questions tagged [formal-grammars]
Questions about formal grammars, generative descriptions of formal languages.
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Communication complexity of Dyck language
I've been reading papers on streaming algorithms and ran across the following question which I haven't been able to answer: Consider the Dyck language $Dyck(2)$ over the alphabet $A = \{(,),[,]\}$ and ...
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Number of DCFG parse tree nodes with respect to input length
I read the question and answer at Number of nodes of a parse tree when the Grammar is in CNF?, and I'm curious about a related matter: obviously with a unrestrained LR grammar (as opposed to CNF) the ...
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Derivation trees to show a given grammar is ambiguous
Given the grammar with productions:
\begin{align}
S \rightarrow aSb \mid SS \mid \lambda\\
\end{align}
I would like to show that it is ambiguous. As I understand it, if you can show that some string ...
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Lambda Calculus with State
I want to define a typed domain-specific lambda calculus which can simulate the sequence execution like common programming language. I wonder how to give its corresponding BNF, can I use ...
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Is the class of star-free languages just the complement to counter languages within the regular language class?
So I'm kind of confused as I'm not that deep into the algebraic theory of languages.
The wikipedia article states:
Another way to state Schützenberger's theorem is that star-free languages and ...
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Parsing expression grammar for a language consisting of sentences with one character added or removed anywhere
Given a parsing expression grammar for a language, is there a way to make a parsing expression grammar for a new language that consists of the valid strings from the original language, plus the ...
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Why is Dyck-2 so important for the Chomsky-Schützenberger theorem?
I have read a lot of times, that models that can parse Dyck-2 are of great importance. It appears that Dyck-2 is interchangeably used like Dyck-N.
Afaik the Chomsky-Schützenberger representation ...
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An elementary question about grammar
Recently, I am studying grammar in automata. And, I have few information about this subject.
I have a grammar with rules $\{S\to ASA, A\to aA, A\to \epsilon\}$.
Is it true if I say that $S\to aASA$ ...
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Let P be the language of palindromes over the alphabet Σ = {0, 1}. and let P‘ be the subset of the palindromes with different numbers of 0s and 1s
Let P be the language of palindromes over the alphabet Σ = {0, 1}. and let P‘ be the subset of the palindromes with different numbers of 0s and 1s. Is P' context-free? I know that for the language of ...
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How need help to specify a grammar for arithmetic expressions
I am trying to come up with a grammar for arithmetic expressions with the following order of operations:
Parentheses
Factorials
Exponents
Functions / unary plus and minus
Juxtaposition (implied ...
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Is $L=\{1^n2^n3^m : n\neq m\}$ context free?
Is the language $L=\{1^n2^n3^m : n\neq m\}$ context free?
I checked and it satisfies the pumping lemma (Right?). Does it also satisfy Ogden's lemma, or any other test for being non-context free?
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How is $\{a^m b^n c^p d^q \mid m*n=p+q\}$ context sensitive?
I have been trying to understand how the language $L = \{a^m b^n c^p d^q \mid m*n=p+q\}$) is context-sensitive?
I first encountered this question here.
Would be grateful if you could provide some ...
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Language of equal numbers of as, bs, cs in any order not context-sensitive?
In his book "Foundations of Computing", professor Allison shows an example of "language of equal numbers of as, bs, and cs, but in any order", formally: $L = \{ w \in \{a,b,c\}^*\ |...
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Is { a^nb^na^n} a context-sensitive language?
The language $L_1 = \{ a^nb^nc^n \}$ is often given as an example of a context-sensitive language.
I am wondering if the language $L_2 = \{ a^nb^na^n \}$ belongs also to the same category?
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Correct way to show example of ambiguous grammar
Facing confusion due to two different texts stating different ways to show examples of ambiguous grammar, though the example exists in the first book.
The second book gives a different example, as ...
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The language of chains with twice as many $a$s as $b$s is regular?
I am trying to understand the pumping lemma and its instrumentation to show a certain language is not regular. My first attempt was the following problem:
Let $L$ be the language of all words that ...
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What is a formal grammar equivalent to one-way stack automaton?
As the title says, is there a formal grammar characterization of the class of one-way stack languages?
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Nonterminal Complexity of a context-free grammar
Suppose $G$ is a CFG.
$G = (N, T, P, S)$,
$Var(G)$ as the cardinality of $N$
$Var(L) $= min {$Var(G)$ | G is a context-free grammar and $L(G) = L$}.
I have a problem in understanding a part of proof ...
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Doubt in pumping lema for context-free language
I have a doubt related to pumping lemma in CFL for which I dont find an answer, so I think is very easy because no one wonder about. The lemma says:
My doubt is: Is there any restriction related to ...
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Decide if complement of context-free language is also a context-free language
Consider the following grammar $G$:
$$S \rightarrow SA \ | \ AS \ | \ aXb \ | \ bXa, \ \ \ X \rightarrow \# \ | \ BXB, \ \ \ A \rightarrow a \ | \ b \ | \ \#, \ \ \ B \rightarrow a \ | \ b$$
Decide if ...
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Is a machine Turing-complete when it can decide a context-sensitive language?
If a machine can decide a context-sensitive language (like the language of palindromes with a non-linear center) is that fact a proof that the machine is Turing-complete?
Can this be used to prove ...
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Is this grammar LL(1) and what is it's parsing table?
Let G be a grammar with non-terminal A, terminal a and these productions:
A -> A a
It is ...
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Find Grammar for L(G) ={a^i b^j c^k | k = i*j ;i, j ≥ 1}
Find a Grammar G, so that L(G) = {a^i b^j c^k | k = i*j ;i, j ≥ 1}
Hello, I have difficulties solving this. I had a similar exercise, where the k was i+j, which was easier, because the solution was to ...
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Removing null production from cfg
While removing null production from cfg as below,
S->ABC
A->aA|^
B->bB|^
C->aaC|^
now as shown above we know that A,B and C all are ...
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Right-regular grammar conversion to NFA: production rule with only one variable on right side
I'm trying to convert a right regular grammar to an NFA.
I understand that I need to create a state for every variable and add transitions according to the production rules.
But what if there is a ...
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How to Remove Left Recursion from this Grammar?
How to remove left recursion in the following Grammar:
S→Bb/a
B→Bc/Sd/e
Im new to this, below is the way I'm doing it:
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Devising a grammar for language L = { a^xb^ya^xb^y | x, y >= 0 }
I've been trying to come up with a proper grammar for this sort of language:
L = { aˣbʸaˣbʸ | x, y >= 0 }
I have failed to find a way to enforce consistent generation of terminals on either part (...
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Equivalence of LR(k) and LL(k′) parsers
Are there languages that can be parsed by an LR(k) parser but not by an LL(k′) parser for any k′?
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Mike Sipser and Wikipedia seem to disagree on Chomsky's normal form
Here's what Wiki says:
And here's what Mike Sipser says in his Introduction to Theory of Computation:
The problem arises when you try to read the two definitions - Mike Sipser seems to be suggesting ...
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step 2 of CFG conversion to Chomsky's normal form
in the step where you have to remove the epsilons, would you need to remove something like this:
A -> Bε
Or would you simply remove the ones that have epsilon by itself like this:
A -> ε
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The book says 27 terminals but I only see 10. Where are they?
On page 103 of Mike Sisper's Introdution to Theory of Computation, it says that the grammar has 27 terminals (26 being the letters of the English Alphabet and 1 being the space character) but in the ...
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How to develop intuition to come up with Context Free Grammar?
So i'm taking this class automata and complexity at georgia tech and we were given practice material for our exam.
one of the question is to give context free grammar for these two languages
and the ...
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What is a contracting grammar (in opposition to a non-contracting grammar)?
In the Chomsky hierarchy what is corresponding to a contracting grammar?
I can find references to non-contracting grammars (which can be transformed into context-sensitive grammars accordingly to what ...
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How would this grammar be converted to a non-left recursive rule?
With recursive-descent parsing, direct/indirect left recursive rules do not allow top-down parsing.
How would this grammar be converted to be non-left recursive?
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CFG for the language {w ∈ {0, 1}∗ : w is a palindrome and |w| is divisible by 3}
The question is the following:
Construct CFG for the L = {w ∈ {0, 1}∗ : w is a palindrome and |w| is divisible by 3}.
I am able to construct CFG for the set of all palindromes as below:
S --> aSa | ...
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First Set for this grammar? Is it Indirect Left-recursive
Given the grammar (Uppercase alphabet is non-terminal, lower-case alphabet is terminal), how to find FIRST set?
A -> mB | CD
B -> CBn | epsilon
C -> pA | epsilon
D -> q
This is NOT a ...
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Is the language $L = \{0^i 1^j | i \ne 2j\}$ context free?
I have been trying to find a a CFG for this language generated.
I came to the conclusion that I need three parts
When $i \le j$
When $j < 2j < i$
When $j < i < 2j$
I was able to come up ...
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Determining when a substring has a unique parse forest
Given an arbitrary (potentially ambiguous) context free grammar $G: \mathbb{G}$, and string $\alpha: \Sigma^\ast$, is there a decision procedure that returns whether appending and/or prepending ...
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Methods of eliminating ambiguity in CFG
I am looking for all possible ways to find and eliminate ambiguity in CF grammar. Please share your knowledge or opinion (preferably you will indicate the literature so that I can familiarize myself)....
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What should be the order of eliminating empty rules and unit rules when converting context free grammar to chomsky normal form?
Let's say that we have a context free grammar G, which is not in chomsky normal form, and we need to convert it to chomsky normal form.
The steps involved in the conversion are as follows:
Add a new ...
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Do Left regular grammar describe a language containing the reverse of the strings described by the right regular grammar for another language?
Let's say that we have a regular language $L_1$ that is described by a right regular grammar. Now, assume we have a left regular grammar, can we describe the same language $L_1$ or would the left ...
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Write grammar that produces a^2^i, for i>0 [duplicate]
How to write grammar for that language:
$$
a^{2^i}, i>0
$$.
Anyone could help?
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In Context free languages, is it okay to substitute multiple same variables at the same time?
Let's say we have the following context free grammar:
$S \rightarrow a \\ S \rightarrow SS$
And we do the following two "derivations" for the same string:
aaa: $S \rightarrow SS \rightarrow ...
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How can dfa have more than one sink state? Isn’t it the same state?
I can’t understand How can dfa have more than one sink state? Isn’t it the same state? Maybe there is some examples
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What is the formal definition of a combinational logic?
Question Background
A finite-state machine can be defined as a 5-tuple as follows (Sipser, pg. 35):
The image below (taken from the Wikipedia article on combinational logic) seems to suggest that ...
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Convert regex for comma separated value to CFG grammar
I have the following regex that I'm trying to convert to a CFG: e|a(,a)* (e representing the empty state). Basically I want to ...
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Duplicate rules in CFG
Suppose I have the following CFG that I would like to bring to CNF
S -> TA | bA | Ab | b
A -> Aa|a
T -> Ab
Then I have two options to get rid of the ...
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Simple description of the LR(0) table generator algorithm?
I have just implemented a parser on the relational database. Parsing is done with recursive query. Note: one commenter was misled by the word "recursive" before "query" to think &...
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Why Regular Grammar is Left/Right Linear?
From the definition I know that regular grammar should be Left/Right Linear (ie it should have variable on Left/Right side of each production rules)
But, my question is why it is mandatory?
Can't we ...
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How to remove ambiguity from the grammar?
I want to remove ambiguity from the grammar below:
S → ABC
A → abA | ab
B → b | BC
C → c | cC
I have removed left recursion and left factoring and obtained the grammar as follows:
S → ABC
A → abA'
A' →...
