Issue |
RAIRO-Theor. Inf. Appl.
Volume 38, Number 1, January-March 2004
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Page(s) | 49 - 67 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/ita:2004003 | |
Published online | 15 March 2004 |
Free group languages: Rational versus recognizable
Centro de Matemática, Faculdade de Ciências,
Universidade do Porto, R. do Campo Alegre, 687, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal;
pvsilva@fc.up.pt.
Received:
26
November
2001
Accepted:
11
December
2003
We provide alternative proofs and algorithms for results proved by Sénizergues on rational and recognizable free group languages. We consider two different approaches to the basic problem of deciding recognizability for rational free group languages following two fully independent paths: the symmetrification method (using techniques inspired by the study of inverse automata and inverse monoids) and the right stabilizer method (a general approach generalizable to other classes of groups). Several different algorithmic characterizations of recognizability are obtained, as well as other decidability results.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 20E05 / 20F10 / 68Q45
Key words: Free group / rational subsets / recognizable subsets.
© EDP Sciences, 2004
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