An edition of Introduction to automata theory, languages, and computation
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Introduction to automata theory, languages, and computation
by John E. Hopcroft, Jeffrey D. Ullman, and Rajeev Motwani
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"This classic book on formal languages, automata theory, and computational complexity has been updated to present theoretical concepts in a concise and straightforward manner with increased coverage of practical applications. This third edition offers students a less formal writing style while providing the most accessible coverage of automata theory available, solid treatment on constructing proofs, many figures and diagrams to help convey ideas, and sidebars to highlight related material. A new feature of this edition is Gradiance, a Web-based homework and assessment tool. Each chapter offers an abundance of exercises, including selected Gradiance problems, for a true hands-on learning experience for students."--BOOK JACKET.
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Table of Contents
1. Automata: The Methods and the Madness
1.1. Why Study Automata Theory
1.1.1. Introduction to Finite Automata
1.1.2. Structural Representations
1.1.3. Automata and Complexity
1.2. Introduction to Formal Proof
1.2.1. Deductive Proofs
1.2.2. Reduction to Definitions
1.2.3. Other Theorem Forms
1.2.4. Theorems That Appear Not to Be If-Then Statements
1.3. Additional Forms of Proof
1.3.1. Proving Equivalences About Sets
1.3.2. The Contrapositive
1.3.3. Proof by Contradiction
1.3.4. Counterexamples
1.4. Inductive Proofs
1.4.1. Induction on Integers
1.4.2. More General Forms of Integer Inductions
1.4.3. Structural Inductions
1.4.4. Mutual Inductions
1.5. The Central Concepts of Automata Theory
1.5.1. Alphabets
1.5.2. Strings
1.5.3. Languages
1.5.4. Problems
1.6. Summary of Chapter 1
1.7. Gradiance Problems for Chapter 1
1.8. References for Chapter 1
2. Finite Automata
2.1. An Informal Picture of Finite Automata
2.1.1. The Ground Rules
2.1.2. The Protocol
2.1.3. Enabling the Automata to Ignore Actions
2.1.4. The Entire System as an Automaton
2.1.5. Using the Product Automaton to Validate the Protocol
2.2. Deterministic Finite Automata
2.2.1. Definition of a Deterministic Finite Automoton
2.2.2. How a DFA Processes Strings
2.2.3. Simpler Notations for DFA's
2.2.4. Extending the Transition Function to Strings
2.2.5. The Language of a DFA
2.2.6. Exercises for Section 2.2
2.3. Nondeterministic Finite Automata
2.3.1. An Informal View of Nondeterministic Finite Automata
2.3.2. Definition of Nondeterministic Finite Automata
2.3.3. The Extended Transition Function
2.3.4. The Language of an NFA
2.3.5. Equivalence of Deterministic and Nondeterministic Finite Automata
2.3.6. A Bad Case for the Subset Construction
2.3.7. Exercises for Section 2.3
2.4. An Application: Text Search
2.4.1. Finding Strings in Text
2.4.2. Nondeterministic Finite Automata for Text Search
2.4.3. A DFA to Recognize a Set of Keywords
2.4.4. Exercises for Section 2.4
2.5. Finite Automata With EpsilonTransitions
2.5.1. Uses of ϵ-Transitions
2.5.2. The Formal Notation for an ϵ-NFA
2.5.3. Epsilon-Closures
2.5.4. Extended Transitions and Languages for ϵ-NFA's
2.5.5. Eliminationg ϵ-Transitions
2.5.6. Exercises for Section 2.5
2.6. Summary of Chapter 2
2.7. Gradiance Problems for Chapter 2
2.8. References for Chapter 2
3. Regular Expressions and Languages
3.1. Regular Expressions
3.1.1. The Operators of Regular Expressions
3.1.2. Bulding Regular Expressions
3.1.3. Precedence of Regular-Expression Operators
3.1.4. Exercises for Section 3.1
3.2. Finite Automata and Regular Expressions
3.2.1. From DFA's to Regular Expressions
3.2.2. Converting DFA's to Regular Expressions by Eliminating States
3.2.3. Converting Regular Expressions to Automata
3.2.4. Exercises for Section 3.2
3.3. Applications of Regular Expressions
3.3.1. Regular Expressions in UNIX
3.3.2. Lexical Analysis
3.3.3. Finding Patterns in Text
3.3.4. Exercises for Section 3.3
3.4. Algebraic Laws for Regular Expressions
3.4.1. Associativity and Commutativity
3.4.2. Identities and Annihilators
3.4.3. Distributive Laws
3.4.4. The Idempotent Laws
3.4.5. Laws Involving Closures
3.4.6. Discovering Laws for Regular Expressions
3.4.7. The Test for a Regular-Expression Algebraic Law
3.4.8. Exercises for Section 3.4
3.5. Summary of Chapter 3
3.6. Gradiance Problems for Chapter 3
3.7. References for Chapter 3
4. Properties of Regular Languages
4.1. Proving Languages Not to Be Regular
4.1.1. The Pumping Lemma for Regular Languages
4.1.2. Applications of the Pumping Lemma
4.1.3. Exercises for Section 4.1
4.2. Closure Properties of Regular Languages
4.2.1. Closure of Regular Languages Under Boolean Operations
4.2.2. Reversal
4.2.3. Homomorphisms
4.2.4. Inverse Homomorphisms
4.2.5. Exercises for Section 4.2
4.3. Decision Properties of Regular Languages
4.3.1. Converting Among Representations
4.3.2. Testing Emptiness of Regular Languages
4.3.3. Testing Membership in a Regular Language
4.3.4. Exercises for Section 4.3
4.4. Equivalence and Minimization of Automata
4.4.1. Testing Equivalence of States
4.4.2. Testing Equivalence of Regular Languages
4.4.3. Minimization of DFA's
4.4.4. Why the Minimized DFA Can't Be Beaten
4.4.5. Exercises for Section 4.4
4.5. Summary of Chapter 4
4.6. Gradiance Problems for Chapter 4
4.7. References for Chapter 4
5. Context-Free Grammars and Languages
5.1. Context-Free Grammars
5.1.1. An Informal Example
5.1.2. Definition of Context-Free Grammars
5.1.3. Derivations Using a Grammar
5.1.4. Leftmost and Rightmost Derivations
5.1.5. The Language of a Grammar
5.1.6. Sentential Forms
5.1.7. Exercises for Section 5.1
5.2. Parse Trees
5.2.1. Constructing Parse Trees
5.2.2. The Yield of a Parse Tree
5.2.3. Inference, Derivations, and Parse Trees
5.2.4. From Inferences to Trees
5.2.5. From Trees to Derivations
5.2.6. From Derivations to Recursive Inferences
5.2.7. Exercises for sectino 5.2
5.3. Applications of Context-Free Grammars
5.3.1. Parsers
5.3.2. The YACC Parser-Generator
5.3.3. Markup Languages
5.3.4. XML and Document-Type Definitions
5.3.5. Exercises for Section 5.3
5.4. Ambiguity in Grammars and Languages
5.4.1. Ambiguous Grammars
5.4.2. Removing Ambiguity From Grammars
5.4.3. Leftmost Derivations as a Way to Express Ambiguity
5.4.4. Inherent Ambiguity
5.4.5. Exercises for Section 5.4
5.5. Summary of Chapter 5
5.6. Gradiance Problems for Chapter 5
5.7. References for Chapter 5
6. Pushdown Automata
6.1. Definition of the Pushdown Automaton
6.1.1. Informal Introduction
6.1.2. The Formal Definition of Pushdown Automata
6.1.3. A Graphical Notation for PDA's
6.1.4. Instantaneous Descriptions of a PDA
6.1.5. Exercises for Section 6.1
6.2. The Languages of a PDA
6.2.1. Acceptance by Final State
6.2.1. Acceptance by Empty Stack
6.2.1. From Empty Stack to Final State
6.2.1. From Final State to Empty Stack
6.2.1. Exercises for Section 6.2
6.3. Equivalence of PDA's and CFG's
6.3.1. From Grammars to Pushdown Automata
6.3.2. From PDA's to Grammars
6.3.3. Exercises for Section 6.3
6.4. Deterministic Pushdown Automata
6.4.1. Definition of a Deterministic PDA
6.4.2. Regular Languages and Deterministic PDA's
6.4.3. DPDA's and Context-Free Languages
6.4.4. DPDA's and Ambiguous Grammars
6.4.5. Exercises for Section 6.4
6.5. Summary of Chapter 6
6.6. Gradiance Problems for Chapter 6
6.7. References for Chapter 6
7. Properties of Context-Free Languages
7.1. Normal Forms for Context-Free Grammars
7.1.1. Eliminating Useless Symbols
7.1.2. Computing the Generating and Reachable Symbols
7.1.3. Eliminating ϵ-Productions
7.1.4. Eliminating Unit Productions
7.1.5. Chomsky Normal Form
7.1.1. Exercises For Section 7.1
7.2. The Pumping Lemma for Context-Free Languages
7.2.1. The Size of Parse Trees
7.2.2. Statement of the Pumping Lemma
7.2.3. Applications of the Pumping Lemma for CFL's
7.2.4. Exercises for Section 7.2
7.3. Closure Properties of Context-Free Languages
7.3.1. Substitutions
7.3.2. Applications of the Substitution Theorem
7.3.3. Reversal
7.3.4. Intersection With a Regular language
7.3.5. Inverse Homomorphism
7.3.6. Exercises for Section 7.3
7.4. Decision Properties of CFL's
7.4.1. Complexity of Converting Among CFG's and PDA's
7.4.2. Running Time of Conversion to Chomsky Normal Form
7.4.3. Testing Emptiness of CFL's
7.4.4. Testing Membership in a CFL
7.4.5. Preview of Undecidable CFL Problems
7.4.6. Exercises for Section 7.4
7.5. Summary of Chapter 7
7.6. Gradiance Problems for Chapter 7
7.7. References for Chapter 7
8. Introduction to Turing Machines
8.1. Problems That Computers Cannot Solve
8.1.1. Programs that Print "Hello, World"
8.1.2. The Hypothetical "Hello, World" Tester
8.1.3. Reducing One Problem to Another
8.1.4. Exercises for Section 8.1
8.2. The Turing Machine
8.2.1. The Quest to Decide All Mathematical Questions
8.2.2. Notation for the Turing Machine
8.2.3. Instantaneous Descriptions for Turing Machines
8.2.4. Transition Diagrams for Turing Machines
8.2.5. The Language of a Turing Machine
8.2.6. Turing Machines and Halting
8.2.7. Exercises for Section 8.2
8.3. Programming Techniques for Turing Machines
8.3.1. Storage in the State
8.3.2. Multiple Tracks
8.3.3. Subroutines
8.3.4. Exercises for Section 8.3
8.4. Extensions to the Basic Turing Machine
8.4.1. Multitape Turing Machines
8.4.2. Equivalence of One-Tape and Multitape TM's
8.4.3. Running Time and the Many-Tapes-to-One Construction
8.4.4. Nondeterministic Turing Machines
8.4.5. Exercises for Section 8.4
8.5. Restricted Turing Machines
8.5.1. Turing Machines with Semi-infinite Tapes
8.5.2. Multistack Machines
8.5.3. Counter Machines
8.5.4. The Power of Counter Machines
8.5.5. Exercises for Section 8.5
8.6. Turing Machines and Computers
8.6.1. Simulating a Turing Machine by Computer
8.6.2. Simulating a Computer by a Turing Machine
8.6.3. Comparing the Running Times of Computers and Turing Machines
8.7. Summary of Chapter 8
8.8. Gradiance Problems for Chapter 8
8.9. References for Chapter 8
9. Undecidability
9.1. A Language That Is Not Recursively Enumerable
9.1.1. Enumerating the Binary Strings
9.1.2. Codes for Turing Machines
9.1.3. The Diagonalization Language
9.1.4. Proof that L[d]XXX Is Not Recursively Enumerable
9.1.5. Exercises for Section 9.1
9.2. An Undecidable Problem That Is RE
9.2.1. Recursive Languages
9.2.2. Complements of Recursive and RE languages
9.2.3. The Universal Language
9.2.4. Undecidability of the Universal Language
9.2.5. Exercises for Section 9.2
9.3. Undecidable Problems About Turing Machines
9.3.1. Reductions
9.3.2. Turing Machines That Accept the Empty Language
9.3.3. Rice's Theorem and Properties of the RE Languages
9.3.4. Problems and Turing-Machine Specifications
9.3.5. Exercises for Section 9.3
9.4. Post's Correspondence Problem
9.4.1. Definition of Post's Correspondence Problem
9.4.2. The "Modified" PCP
9.4.3. Completion of the Proof of PCP Undecidability
9.4.4. Exercises for Section 9.4
9.5. Other Undecidable Problems
9.5.1. Problems About Programs
9.5.2. Undecidability of Ambiguity for CFG's
9.5.3. The Complement of a List Language
9.5.4. Exercises for Section 9.5
9.6. Summary of Chapter 9
9.7. Gradiance Problems for Chapter 9
9.8. References for Chapter 9
10. Intractable Problems
10.1. The Classes P and NP
10.1.1. Problems Solvable in Polynomial Time
10.1.2. An Example: Kruskal's Algorithm
10.1.3. Nondeterministic Polynomial Time
10.1.4. An NP EXample: The Traveling Salesman Problem
10.1.5. Polynomial-Time Reductions
10.1.6. NP-Complete Problems
10.1.7. Exercises for Section 10.1
10.2. An NP-Complete Problem
10.2.1. The Satisfiability Problem
10.2.2. Representing SAT Instances
10.2.3. NP-Completeness of the SAT Problem
10.2.4. Exercises for Section 10.2
10.3. A Restricted Satisfiability Problem
10.3.1. Normal forms for Boolean Expressions
10.3.2. Converting Expressions to CNF
10.3.3. NP-Completeness of CSAT
10.3.4. NP-Completeness of 3SAT
10.3.5. Exercises for Section 10.3
10.4. Additional NP-Complete Problems
10.4.1. Describing NP-complete Problems
10.4.2. The Problem of Independent Sets
10.4.3. The Node-Cover Problem
10.4.4. The Directed Hamilton-Circuit Problem
10.4.5. Undirected Hamilton Circuits and the TSP
10.4.6. Summary of NP-Complete Problems
10.4.7. Exercises for Section 10.4
10.5. Summary of Chapter 10
10.6. Gradiance Problems for Chapter 10
10.7. References for Chapter 10
11. Additional Classes of Problems
11.1. Complements of Languages in NP
11.1.1. The Class of Languages Co-NP
11.1.2. NP-Complete Preblems and Co-NP
11.1.3. Exercises for Section 11.1
11.2. Problems Solvable in Polynomial Space
11.2.1. Polynomial-Space Turing Machines
11.2.2. Relationship of PS and NPS to Previously Defined Classes
11.2.3. Deterministic and Nondeterministic Polynomial Space
11.3. A Problem That Is Complete for PS
11.3.1. PS-Completeness
11.3.2. Quantified Boolean Formulas
11.3.3. Evaluating Quantified Boolean Formulas
11.3.4. PS-Completeness of the QBF Problem
11.3.5. Exercises for Section 11.3
11.4. Language Classes Based on Randomization
11.4.1. Quicksort: an Example of a Randomized Algorithm
11.4.2. A Turing-Machine Model using Randomization
11.4.3. The Language of a Randomized Turing Machine
11.4.4. The Class RP
11.4.5. Recognizing Languages in RP
11.4.6. The Class ZPP
11.4.7. Relationship Between RP and ZPP
11.4.8. Relationships to the Classes P and NP
11.5. The Complexity of Primality Testing
11.5.1. The Importance of Testing Primality
11.5.2. Introduction to Modular Arithmetic
11.5.3. The Complexity of Modular-Arithmetic Computations
11.5.4. Random-Polynomial Primality Testing
11.5.5. Nondeterministic Primality Tests
11.5.6. Exercises for Section 11.5
11.6. Summary of Chapter 11
11.7. Gradiance Problems for Chapter 11
11.8. References for Chapter 11
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