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Questions about operations on objects of some kind that result in objects of the same kind.

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Prove that REG is closed against removing all but lexicographicaly largest words (per length)

Let $\Sigma_n = \{0, 1, ... , n-1\}$. Suppose $L \subseteq$ $\Sigma^*_n$, and let $\qquad\displaystyle\mathcal{B}(L) = \{ x \in L : x = \textrm{lex}\max L_m, m \in \mathbb{N}_0 \}$, where $L_m = L \ …
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For two regular languages, why is the set of words from one that don't have a subsequence in...

In general, a string $x$ is a subsequence of $w = w_1\dots w_n$ if there are integers $i_1<\dots< i_k$ such that $x = w_{i_1}\dots w_{i_k}$. The subsequence is proper if $k < n$ and $k > 0$. With th …
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If L is context-free, must FH(L) be context-free?

Define $FH(L) = \{x \in \Sigma^* : \exists y \in \Sigma^* \text{ with } |x| = |y| \text{ such that } xy \in L\}$. In other words, $FH(L)$ is the set of first halves of even length strings in $L$. …
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Given a non-deterministic Mealy machine $M$, if $L$ is regular, is $M(L)$ regular?

Consider a nondeterministic Mealy machine, $M$, defined as follows: $M = (Q, \Sigma, \Delta, \delta, \tau, q_0)$ where $Q$ is a finite set of states $\Sigma$ is an input alphabet $\Delta$ is an outp …
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