Finite Orbits of Language Operations
: Charlier E, Domaratzki M, Harju T, Shallit J
: Dediu Adrian-Horja, Inenaga Shunsuke, Martin-Vide Carlos
: 2011
: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
: Language and Automata Theory and Applications
: LANGUAGE AND AUTOMATA THEORY AND APPLICATIONS
: LECT NOTES COMPUT SC
: 6638
: 204
: 215
: 2
: 978-3-642-21253-6
: 0302-9743
: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/Publication/2874876
We consider a set of natural operations on languages, and prove that the orbit of any language L under the monoid generated by this set is finite and bounded, independently of L. This generalizes previous results about complement, Kleene closure, and positive closure.