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Questions about properties of the class of regular languages and individual languages.

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If $A$ is context-free then $A^*$ is regular

I am currently studying for my exam and I am having trouble to solve this question: Right or wrong: If $A$ is context-free then $A^*$ is regular. I think it's wrong because if $A$ is context-free it …
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If $A$ is context-free then $A^*$ is regular

Let $A=\{a^nb^n \mid n \in \mathbb{N}\}$. Then we know that $A$ is non-regular and context-free. Also we can see that $A^*\cap a^*b^*=A$. Since $a^*b^*$ is a regular expression, we do know that it is …
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Proof that $L=\{a^ncb^n| n \in \mathbb{N}\}$ is not regular

Proof: Lets assume L is regular. Then we know that L must meet the requirements of the pumping lemma. So let p the pumping number. Let $w=a^pcb^p$. $w$ is obviously of the length p and is in L. Theref …
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Proof that $L=\{a^ncb^n| n \in \mathbb{N}\}$ is not regular

Prove that $L=\{a^ncb^n| n \in \mathbb{N}\}$ is not regular. Here is my try, I would really appreciate if someone could tell me if this is a correct proof. Proof: Lets assume L is regular. Then we k …
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