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Closure under reversal of languages over infinite alphabets

Daniel Genkin, Michael Kaminski, Liat Peterfreund

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Abstract

It is shown that languages definable by weak pebble automata are not closed under reversal. For the proof, we establish a kind of periodicity of an automaton’s computation over a specific set of words. The periodicity is partly due to the finiteness of the automaton description and partly due to the word’s structure. Using such a periodicity we can find a word such that during the automaton’s run on it there are two different, yet indistinguishable, configurations. This enables us to remove a part of that word without affecting acceptance. Choosing an appropriate language leads us to the desired result.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputer Science - Theory and Applications - 13th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia, CSR 2018, Proceedings
EditorsVladimir V. Podolskii, Fedor V. Fomin
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages145-156
Number of pages12
ISBN (Print)9783319905297
DOIs
StatePublished - 2018
Event13th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia, CSR 2018 - Moscow, Russian Federation
Duration: 6 Jun 201810 Jun 2018

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume10846 LNCS

Conference

Conference13th International Computer Science Symposium in Russia, CSR 2018
Country/TerritoryRussian Federation
CityMoscow
Period6/06/1810/06/18

Keywords

  • Closure properties
  • Infinite alphabets
  • Reversal
  • Weak pebble automata

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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