====== 8. Proving languages are not regular ====== ===== 8.1. The pumping lemma ===== **8.1.1.** Show that the pumping lemma holds for finite languages. **8.1.2.*** Find a language which is not regular for which the pumping lemma holds. ===== 8.2. Languages which are not regular ===== Show that each of the languages from the list below is not regular. **8.2.1.** $ L = \{ \: A^n B^m \: | \: 0 \leq n \leq m \: \} $ **8.2.2.** $ L = \{ \: w \in \{A,B\}^* \: | \: \#A(w) = \#B(w) \: \} $ **8.2.3.** $math[L = \{(01)^n(10)^n \mid n > 0 \} ] **8.2.4.** $ L = \{ \: w \in \{A,B\}^* \: | \: \text{w is a palindrome} \: \} $ **8.2.5.** $ L = \{ \: w \in \{0\}^* \: | \: \text{the length of w is a prime number} \: \} $ **8.2.6.** $ L = \{ \: w \in \{0\}^* \: | \: \text{the length of w is a power of two} \: \} $ **8.2.7.** $ L = \{ \: ww^R \: | \: w\in \{0,1\}^* \} $ ===== 8.3. Combining the pumping lemma with closure properties ===== **8.3.1.** Using the pumping lemma, prove that $ L = \{ \: A^nB^m \: | \: n \neq m \}$ is not a regular language. /* ====== Homework ====== **Exercise I** $ L = \{ \: w \in \{0\}^* \: | \: \text{|w| is a power of 2} \: \} $ **Exercise II** Show that $ \text{snd(L)}$ is a closure property for regular languages. $ \text{snd(L)} = \{ \: w \: | \: xw \in L \: \text{, for some x such that |x| = |w|} \: \}$ **Exercise III** Prove that $ L = \{ \: A^nB^mC^{n-m} \: | \: n \geq m \geq 0 \: \}$ is not a regular language without using isomorphisms. */