Introduction to Automata
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What is meant by an alphabet in the context of formal languages?

  • A collection of characters constituting a language. (correct)
  • An infinite set of symbols used in programming.
  • A combination of letters and semantic meanings.
  • A sequence of numerical digits only.

    • Which of the following statements correctly defines a string?

  • A string is an empty sequence of symbols.
  • A string is the concatenation of finite symbols from an alphabet. (correct)
  • A string is any collection of numbers.
  • A string consists only of vowels.

    • What is the Greek letter used to denote an alphabet?

  • Lambda
  • Alpha
  • Beta
  • Sigma (correct)

    • Which example represents a valid format of an alphabet?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What character represents the empty string in formal languages?

    <p>Λ</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a word in the context of languages?

    <p>A valid string of symbols that belongs to a language.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many letters does a certain version of language ALGOL have?

    <p>113</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is not one of the types of languages discussed?

    <p>Dynamic Languages</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a valid alphabet?

    <p>{B, aB, bab, d}</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the length of the string 'BaBbabBd' when analyzed over the alphabet Σ = {B, aB, bab, d}?

    <p>4</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why is the string 'BababB' tokenized ambiguously under alphabet Σ2?

    <p>It cannot be split into valid tokens based on the alphabet.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the notation |s| represent in the context of strings?

    <p>The length of a string in terms of its letters.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which condition must be met for letters in a valid alphabet regarding prefixes?

    <p>No letter should start with the same letter as another letter.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the result of reversing the string 'abc'?

    <p>cba</p> Signup and view all the answers

    If a string can be tokenized as (Ba), (bab), (B), what does this imply?

    <p>The string is valid and correctly tokenized.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'tokenizing' refer to in the context of string processing?

    <p>Breaking a string into meaningful components or tokens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the reverse of the string defined over Σ={a,b,c} if s=abc?

    <p>cba</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following correctly defines the language of strings with an even number of a's and b's?

    <p>{Λ, aa, bb, aabb, bbaa}</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of definition describes the language of strings defined by specific conditions on words?

    <p>Descriptive definition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which language exemplifies the condition of having an equal number of a's and b's?

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    What is the set representing the language FACTORIAL defined over the alphabet Σ={a}?

    <p>{an!: n=1,2,3,…}</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the language DOUBLEFACTORIAL over the alphabet Σ={a, b}, what form do the strings take?

    <p>{a^{n!} b^{n!}: n=1,2,3,…}</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many palindromes of length 2n are there compared to palindromes of length 2n-1?

    <p>The same number as length 2n-1</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Given an alphabet of n letters, how many strings can be formed of length m?

    <p>n^m</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following correctly describes the language SQUARE defined over the alphabet Σ={a}?

    <p>{a^(n^2): n=1,2,3,…}</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the language format for DOUBLESQUARE defined over Σ={a,b}?

    <p>{a^(n^2) b^(n^2): n=1,2,3,…}</p> Signup and view all the answers

    For the language PRIME defined over Σ={a}, which strings belong to this language?

    <p>{a^p: p is prime}</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which example illustrates the language PALINDROME over the alphabet Σ={a,b}?

    <p>{Λ, a, b, aa, bb, aaa, …}</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How can the language of strings of odd length defined over Σ={a} be expressed?

    <p>L={a, aaa, aaaaa, …}</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which language consists of strings that do not start with the letter 'a' over the alphabet Σ={a,b,c}?

    <p>L={b, c, ba, bb, bc, ca, cb, …}</p> Signup and view all the answers

    The language defined as {anbn} where n=1,2,3,…, over Σ={a,b} generates which of the following strings?

    <p>L={ab, aabb, aaabbb, aaaabbbb,…}</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the language EQUAL represent in the context of strings over Σ={a,b}?

    <p>Strings with an equal number of a's and b's.</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Identify the language that describes strings with an even number of a's and an odd number of b's.

    <p>L={Λ, aa, bb, aaaa, aab, …}</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What language is represented by integers defined over the alphabet Σ={-,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}?

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    Which language consists of strings defined over Σ={0,1} that end with the digit '0'?

    <p>L={0, 01, 10, 100, …}</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How is the language defined for strings with an even number of digits over Σ={1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9}?

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    Study Notes

    Introduction to Automata

    • Automata is the plural of automaton, meaning "something that works automatically".
    • Automata is used in the context of computing to describe a system that acts automatically.

    Formal and Informal Languages

    • Formal languages (also called syntactic languages) are defined with precise rules, like a programming language.
    • Informal languages (also called semantic languages) rely on meaning and interpretation, like natural language.

    Alphabets and Strings

    • An alphabet (denoted by Σ) is a finite, non-empty set of symbols.
    • A string is a finite sequence of symbols from an alphabet.
    • The empty string, denoted by Λ, has a length of 0.

    Valid & Invalid Alphabets

    • An alphabet is valid if it is unambiguous and each letter can be uniquely tokenized (identified).
    • This means that within any given alphabet, while it is permissible for a single letter to be composed of two or more individual symbols, it is crucial that no letter overlaps or begins with the same sequence of any other letter. This ensures clarity and prevents confusion during parsing or interpretation.

    Length of Strings

    • The length of a string (denoted by |s|) is the number of symbols in the string, including repetitions.

    Reverse of a String

    • The reverse of a string (denoted by Rev(s) or sr) is obtained by writing the letters in reverse order.

    Defining Languages

    • Languages can be defined in different ways, including:
      • Descriptive definition: Clearly describing the properties of the language's words.
      • Recursive definition: Using rules to build words from existing ones.
      • Regular expressions: Using pattern matching for defining the language.
      • Finite Automaton: Using a machine to recognize the language.

    Examples of Languages

    • EQUAL: Strings containing equal numbers of 'a's and 'b's (e.g., "ab", "aabb", "abab").
    • EVEN-EVEN: Strings with even numbers of 'a's and 'b's (e.g., "aa", "bb", "aabb").
    • INTEGER: Strings representing integers (e.g., "-2", "-1", "0", "1", "2", ...).
    • EVEN: Strings representing even integers (e.g., "-4", "-2", "0", "2", "4", ...).
    • {an bn}: Strings where the number of 'a's is equal to the number of 'b's (e.g., "ab", "aabb", "aaabbb").
    • {an bn an}: Strings where 'a's appear at the start and end, with 'b's in the middle (e.g., "aba", "aabbaa", "aaabbbaaa").

    Factorial, Double Factorial, and Square Languages

    • factorial: Strings representing the factorial values (e.g., "1", "2", "6", "24", "120",...).
    • FACTORIAL: Strings containing 'a' repeated n! times (e.g., "a", "aa", "aaaaaa", ...).
    • DOUBLEFACTORIAL: Strings containing 'a' repeated n! times followed by 'b' repeated n! times (e.g., "ab", "aabb", "aaaaabbbbbb",...).
    • SQUARE: Strings containing 'a' repeated n2 times (e.g., "a", "aaaa", "aaaaaaaa", ...).
    • DOUBLESQUARE: Strings containing 'a' repeated n2 times followd by 'b' repeated n2 times (e.g., "ab", "aaaabbbb", "aaaaaaaabbbbbbbbb", ...).

    PRIME Language

    • PRIME: Strings containing 'a' repeated p times, where p is a prime number (e.g., "aa", "aaa", "aaaaa", "aaaaaaa", ...).

    PALINDROME Language

    • PALINDROME: Strings that are the same forward and backwards (e.g., "a", "aa", "aba", "bab", "bbb", ...).
    • Remark: There are an equal number of palindromes with lengths 2n and 2n-1.

    Counting Strings

    • The total number of possible strings of length 'm' created from an alphabet of 'n' symbols is nm.
      • For example, there are 22 = 4 strings of length 2 from the alphabet {a, b}

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