Closure properties of regular languages
Closure properties of regular languages
Closure properties of regular languages
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36 45§ 4*¢¦)©2$§£% /-¦0/¨.$"¤"¦1$§ ++££§ £)£ ¨ )¨¨¨ *§ ¦*¨.¨ ¦¤$¢¢¤¤££5 6 43* § 4©) ¦¨+¨+¥¥¨¨ExamplesProve the following <strong>languages</strong> to be non-<strong>regular</strong>:For anyIN, take%, then pump.For anyIN, takein the splitis prime 7 " 87 ¨for a prime£. Then pump tois not prime.such that+.02140 Languages and Parsing, MF, Fall 2004 – p.7/8<strong>Closure</strong> <strong>properties</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>regular</strong> <strong>languages</strong>The <strong>regular</strong> <strong>languages</strong> are closed underunion — i.e., the union <strong>of</strong> two <strong>regular</strong> <strong>languages</strong> is <strong>regular</strong>,intersection — i.e., the intersection <strong>of</strong> two reg. lang.s is <strong>regular</strong>,complement — i.e., the complement <strong>of</strong> a reg. lang. is <strong>regular</strong>,difference — i.e., the difference <strong>of</strong> two reg. lang.s is <strong>regular</strong>,reversal — i.e., the language containing the reversals <strong>of</strong> thewords <strong>of</strong> a reg. lang. is <strong>regular</strong>,closure (Kleene star) — i.e., the closure <strong>of</strong> a reg. lang. is <strong>regular</strong>,concatenation — i.e., the catenation <strong>of</strong> two reg. lang.s is <strong>regular</strong>,homomorphism — i.e., the image <strong>of</strong> a reg. lang. under ahomomorphism is <strong>regular</strong>,inverse homomorphism — i.e., the pre-image <strong>of</strong> a reg. lang.under a homomorphism is <strong>regular</strong>.02140 Languages and Parsing, MF, Fall 2004 – p.8/8