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The set of rules that govern the structure and formation of sentences in a formal language.
The study of meaning in a formal language, including the interpretation of symbols and expressions.
A type of formal language that can be recognized by a finite automaton or described by a regular expression.
A type of formal language that can be described by a context-free grammar or recognized by a pushdown automaton.
A type of formal language that can be described by a context-sensitive grammar or recognized by a linear-bounded automaton.
A type of formal language that can be recognized by a Turing machine, which may not halt on all inputs.
A classification of formal languages into four levels based on their generative power and the types of grammars that can describe them.
A mathematical model of computation used to recognize regular languages, consisting of a set of states and transitions between states.
A compact notation for describing regular languages, using symbols and operators to represent patterns of strings.
A mathematical model of computation used to recognize context-free languages, extending finite automata with a stack for memory.
A formal notation for describing context-free languages, consisting of a set of production rules and non-terminal symbols.
Algorithms and methods for analyzing the structure of strings in a formal language, often used in compilers and natural language processing.
A theoretical model of computation used to recognize recursively enumerable languages, consisting of an infinite tape and a read-write head.
The property of a formal language or problem being solvable by an algorithm, where the algorithm always halts and produces the correct answer.
The study of what can and cannot be computed by algorithms, exploring the limits of computation and the existence of undecidable problems.
The practical uses and applications of formal languages in various fields, including computer science, linguistics, and artificial intelligence.
The branch of computer science and mathematics that studies formal languages, their properties, and their relationships to automata and grammars.
The study of the computational complexity of formal languages, including their time and space requirements for recognition and generation.
The manipulation and analysis of formal languages using algorithms and computational methods, often involving parsing, translation, and optimization.
The process of determining whether a given string belongs to a particular formal language, often achieved through automata or grammars.
The process of producing valid strings in a formal language, often achieved through automata or grammars.
The conversion of strings between different formal languages, often involving the transformation of syntax and semantics.
The analysis of the structure and meaning of strings in a formal language, often achieved through parsing algorithms and syntax trees.
The process of translating high-level source code in a formal language to low-level machine code, often involving lexical analysis and code optimization.
The process of proving or disproving the correctness of a formal language or its implementation, often using formal methods and mathematical proofs.
The improvement of the efficiency and performance of algorithms and programs written in a formal language, often involving code transformations and algorithmic improvements.
The conversion of a formal language into a different representation or format, often involving the modification of syntax and semantics.
The comparison and determination of whether two formal languages are equivalent in terms of the strings they generate or recognize.
The simplification and reduction of a formal language to a smaller or more concise form, often achieved through grammar transformations and rule elimination.
The property of a class of formal languages being closed under certain operations, such as union, concatenation, intersection, and complementation.
The operation of combining two formal languages to create a new language that contains all possible concatenations of strings from the original languages.
The operation of combining two formal languages to create a new language that contains all strings from either of the original languages.
The operation of combining two formal languages to create a new language that contains only strings that are common to both of the original languages.
The operation of combining two formal languages to create a new language that contains only strings from the first language that are not in the second language.
The operation of applying zero or more repetitions of a formal language to create a new language that contains all possible concatenations of strings from the original language.
The operation of creating a new formal language that contains all strings not in a given formal language, often achieved through negation or complementation.
A mapping or transformation between two formal languages, often preserving certain properties or structures of the original languages.
A bijective mapping or transformation between two formal languages, preserving both the structure and the relationships between elements.
A theorem in formal language theory that provides a necessary condition for a language to be regular, based on the concept of pumping.
The property of a formal language being regular, meaning it can be recognized by a finite automaton or described by a regular expression.
The minimum length of a string in a regular language that can be pumped or repeated to generate an infinite number of strings in the language.
The condition that must hold for a string in a regular language to be pumpable, ensuring that pumping can produce an infinite number of strings in the language.
An illustrative example that demonstrates the application of the pumping lemma to prove that a language is not regular.
A formal proof that uses the pumping lemma to show that a language is not regular, often involving contradiction and the assumption of a regular language.
A practice exercise or problem that requires the application of the pumping lemma to determine whether a given language is regular or not.
The practical application of the pumping lemma in the analysis and classification of formal languages, often used to prove non-regularity.
The limitation of the pumping lemma in proving the regularity or non-regularity of certain languages, as it only provides a necessary condition.