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Regular sets are languages represented by finite automata or regular expressions, characterized by closure properties such as union, intersection, and complementation. They have decidability properties for testing emptiness, finiteness, and equivalence, and the pumping lemma serves as a necessary condition for regularity. Regular grammars generate these languages and can be easily converted into finite automata.

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Regular_Sets_CFL

Regular sets are languages represented by finite automata or regular expressions, characterized by closure properties such as union, intersection, and complementation. They have decidability properties for testing emptiness, finiteness, and equivalence, and the pumping lemma serves as a necessary condition for regularity. Regular grammars generate these languages and can be easily converted into finite automata.

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Q1: Explain Properties of Regular Sets

Regular sets are the class of languages that can be represented using finite automata or regular
expressions.
These sets follow certain properties that define their behavior and characteristics. Below are the key
properties of regular sets:

1. Closure Properties of Regular Sets:


- Union: If L1 and L2 are regular, then L1 U L2 is also regular.
- Intersection: If L1 and L2 are regular, then L1 n L2 is also regular.
- Complementation: If L is a regular language, then its complement (L') is also regular.
- Concatenation: If L1 and L2 are regular, then L1L2 is also regular.
- Kleene Star: If L is a regular language, then L* (zero or more repetitions of L) is also regular.
- Difference: If L1 and L2 are regular, then L1 - L2 is also regular.
- Reverse: If L is a regular language, then L^R (reverse of L) is also regular.

2. Decidability Properties:
- Emptiness Testing: It is decidable whether a given regular language is empty.
- Finiteness Testing: It is decidable whether a given regular language is finite.
- Equivalence Testing: It is decidable whether two given regular languages are equivalent.

3. Pumping Lemma for Regular Languages:


The pumping lemma provides a necessary condition for a language to be regular. If a language
fails the pumping lemma test, it is not regular.

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Q2: Write a Short Note on Closure Properties of Regular Languages

Closure properties define the operations under which regular languages remain regular:

- Union: The union of two regular languages is always regular.


- Intersection: The intersection of two regular languages is regular.
- Concatenation: The concatenation of two regular languages is regular.
- Kleene Star: If L = {a, b}, then L* = {epsilon, a, b, aa, ab, ba, bb, ...} is regular.
- Complement: If L is a regular language over Sigma, then its complement L' = Sigma* - L is also
regular.
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Q3: Write a Short Note on Regular Grammar

A regular grammar is a formal grammar that generates regular languages. It consists of:
- Right Linear Grammar (RLG): A -> wB or A -> w
- Left Linear Grammar (LLG): A -> Bw or A -> w

Example:
S -> aA | bB
A -> a | epsilon
B -> b | epsilon

Regular grammars are widely used in lexical analysis because they can be easily converted into
finite automata.

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Q4: Construct FA for the Following Regular Expressions

Given:
- r1 = a*b + c + d*
- r2 = a(c,b+c)*a

For each of these expressions, we construct a finite automaton (FA) that accepts the language
described by the regular expression.

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Q5: Find the CFL Generated by the Given CFG

Given Context-Free Grammar (CFG):


S -> aSb | ab

Generated Language:
L = {a^nb^n | n >= 1}

This language requires equal numbers of 'a's and 'b's, so it cannot be represented by a finite
automaton but can be generated by a pushdown automaton (PDA).

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Q6: Write a Grammar for Generating Strings in Sigma = {a, b} Containing Any Number of a's

CFG:
S -> aS | S | bS | epsilon

Example Strings Generated:


- a, aa, ab, baa, aabbb, ababa

This grammar ensures any number of 'a's appear in the string.

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