A note on the emptiness of intersection problem for left Szilárd languages

As left Szilárd languages form a subclass of simple deterministic languages and even a subclass of super-deterministic languages, we know that their equivalence problem is decidable. In this note we show that their emptiness of intersection problem is undecidable. The proof follows the lines of the...

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Main Author: Mäkinen Erkki
Format: Article
Published: 2016
Series:Acta cybernetica 22 No. 3
Kulcsszavak:Programozási nyelv - determinisztikus
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doi:10.14232/actacyb.22.3.2016.4

Online Access:http://acta.bibl.u-szeged.hu/40265
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Summary:As left Szilárd languages form a subclass of simple deterministic languages and even a subclass of super-deterministic languages, we know that their equivalence problem is decidable. In this note we show that their emptiness of intersection problem is undecidable. The proof follows the lines of the corresponding proof for simple deterministic languages, but some technical tricks are needed. This result sharpens the borderline between decidable and undecidable problems in formal language theory.
Physical Description:613-616
ISSN:0324-721X