1. CS 4384 – 001 Automata Theory http://www.utdallas.edu/~pervin
Erik Jonsson School of Engineering
and Computer Science
CS 4384 – 001
Automata Theory
Thursday: Read Chapter 1
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Tuesday
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Erik Jonsson School of Engineering
and Computer Science
Dr. William J. Pervin
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics,
Electrical and Computer Engineering,
University of Texas at Dallas
Head, Computer Engineering Program (ret.) Master, College of Engineering (ret.) Head, Computer Science Department (ret) Director, UT Regional Comp. Center (ret.) Chair, Mathematics Department (ret.)
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3. Syllabus cs4384SylS2014.docx TEXT
“Theory of Computation” by Anil Maheshwari & Michiel Smid of Carleton University
(Free Download) Theory of Computation
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL
“Automata Theory” web-course by J. Ullman on coursera
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JFLAP computer program and tutorial
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Syllabus
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4. Hopcroft & Ullman, Intro
Hopcroft & Ullman, Intro. to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation (~$135)
Lewis & Papadimitriou, Elements of the Theory of Computation
Martin, Intro. to Languages and the Theory of Computation (B&N $174)
Sipser, Intro. to the Theory of Computation (~$150 for newest edition) < (Other section)
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Du(UTD) & Ko, Problem Solving in Automata, Languages, and Complexity (e-book $160)
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5. Practical Applications
A variety of properties concerning the models, grammars, and languages will be proven.
The existence or non-existence of algorithms for processing languages and language processors will be proven.
These algorithms form the basis of tools for processing languages, e.g., parsers, compilers, assemblers, etc.
Other algorithms will form the basis of tools that automatically construct language processors, e.g., yacc, lex, etc. Note that our perspective will be similar to, yet different from a compiler class.
Additionally, some things will be proven to be non- computable, e.g., the enhanced compiler.

6. The set of all strings over S is S*
M&S, pp. 6-7

7. CHAPTER ONE 1.3 Proof Techniques 1.3.6 Proof by Induction
Note: Pigeon Hole Principle

9. HOMEWORK 0 CS 4384 14 January 2014 Due 16 January 2014
Keep copies of your homework; they probably will not be returned but instead submitted to ABET/SACS for accreditation

10. FINITE AUTOMATA Finite State Machines Deterministic Finite Automata
L(M) = {w | w is a string over Σ and M “accepts” w}

11. Deterministic Finite State Automata (DFA)1
……..
One-way, infinite tape, broken into cells
One-way, read-only tape head.
Finite control, I.e., a program, containing the position of the read head, current symbol being scanned, and the current “state.”
A string is placed on the tape, read head is positioned at the left end, and the DFA will read the string one symbol at a time until all symbols have been read. The DFA will then either accept or reject.
Finite
Control

12. Formal Definition of a DFA
A DFA is a five-tuple:
M = (Q, Σ, δ, q0, F)
Q A finite set of states
Σ A finite input alphabet
q0 The initial/starting state, q0 is in Q
F A set of final/accepting states, which is a subset of Q
δ A transition function, which is a total function from Q x Σ to Q
δ: (Q x Σ) –> Q δ is defined for any q in Q and s in Σ, and
δ(q, s) = q’ is equal to some state q’ in Q, could be q’=q
Intuitively, δ(q, s) is the state entered by M after reading symbol s while in state q.

13. Example: Sudkamp 2.6 Strings over {a,b,c} in which all the a’s precede the b’s, which in turn precede the c’s.
State Diagram
JFLAP

14. Extension to Strings
M&S p. 26

15. Example: Sudkamp 2.8 Strings over {a,b} in which the substring aa occurs exactly once.

16. Example: Sudkamp 2-22 The set of strings over {a,b} with an even number of a’s and an even number of b’s.

17. Example: Sudkamp 2-13 The set of strings over {a,b,c} such that every b is immediately followed by at least one c.

18. Give a DFA M such that:
L(M) = {x | x is a string of a’s and b’s such that x
contains both aa and bb} q0 b q7 q5 q4 q6 a q2 q1 q3
a/b

19. Language For example, {0, 1}, {all English words},
A language is a set of strings.
For example, {0, 1}, {all English words},
{ε=00, 01, 02, ...} are all languages.
The following are operations on sets and hence also on languages.
Union: A U B
Intersection: A ∩ B
Difference: A \ B (also A - B)
Complement: A = Σ* - A where Σ* is the
set of all strings on alphabet Σ. _

20. REGULAR LANGUAGES
A language is regular iff it is accepted by a (deterministic) finite automata.

21. HOMEWORK 1 Due: 21 JANUARY 2014 CS 4384 14 January 2014
Written carefully on 8.5x11 white paper as for your boss!

22. Concatenation of Languages
For example,
{0, 1}{1, 2} = {01, 02, 11, 12}.
Especially, we denote A = A, A = AA, ...,
and define A = {ε}. 1 2

23. Kleene Closure Kleene closure: A* = A U A U A U ··· Notation:1 2 + 1 2 3

24. What is ?
What is ?
What is ?
Where is the empty language.

25. Let Σ = {0, 1}. Give DFAs for {}, {ε}, Σ*, and Σ+.
For {}: For {ε}:
For Σ*: For Σ+: q1 q0
0/1 q0
0/1
0/1 q0 q1
0/1 q0

26. Regular Languages
The concept of regular languages on an alphabet Σ is defined recursively as follows:
(1) The empty language is regular.
(2) For every symbol a Σ, {a} is regular.
(3) If A and B are regular languages, then A U B, AB, and A* are regular.
(4) Nothing else is a regular language.