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Yuval Filmus
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Grammars with long derivation generate an infinite language

Let $G$ be a CFG in Chomsky normal form that contains $b$ variables. Show that if $G$ generates some string with a derivation having at least $2^b$ steps, then $L(G)$ is infinite.

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