Saturday, June 17, 2006

The pumping lemma

Let L be a regular language. Then there exists a constant n such that for every string w in L such that w>=n, we can break w into three strings w=xyz such that
i. y not equal to epsilon
ii. xy<=n
iii. for all k>=0, the string xy to the power k,z is also in L

The famed pumping lemma theoran which is driving me nuts, welcome to the world of vtu, where nothing makes sense and the only thing which helps u is your memory. The biggest question mark ever comes to mind when I read through this

7 comments:

Chica, Cienna, and Cali said...

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suramya said...

my sentiments exactly

Suramya said...

I don know where to write about ur pumping-lemma problem here, or scrapbook or mailing.

Sarad said...

Wikipedia is your friend.

Shishir said...

god bless u..i swear why on earth these thse things r written no idea and for me i was in love with the
Schrodinger equation spent so much time with it felt as if dating the equation....but no luck with it and then i did the most imtelligent thing left it for good so no heartbreaks

suramya said...

thank u, i don't think even wiki can help me, its a personal battle, I'll have to fight it out

suramya said...

and shrodinger was a mysterious foe, this one's a lethal killer