A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal

Undecidability of state complexity




AuthorsArto Salomaa, Kai Salomaa, Sheng Yu

PublisherTAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Publication year2013

JournalInternational Journal of Computer Mathematics

Journal name in sourceINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMPUTER MATHEMATICS

Journal acronymINT J COMPUT MATH

Number in series6

Volume90

Issue6

First page 1310

Last page1320

Number of pages11

ISSN0020-7160

DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1080/00207160.2012.704994


Abstract

We consider the state complexity of compositions of regularity-preserving language operations. As our main result, we establish that determining the state complexity of an operation composed just from intersections and marked concatenations is undecidable. The proof relies on the undecidability of Hilbert's Tenth Problem. The languages used in the construction are over a fixed alphabet with at most 50 letters. We also consider some implications and generalizations, as well as discuss open problems.




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