Nondeterministic State Complexity of Positional Addition

Autor: Galina Jirásková, Alexander Okhotin
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2009
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Zdroj: Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, Vol 3, Iss Proc. DCFS 2009, Pp 151-161 (2009)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2075-2180
DOI: 10.4204/EPTCS.3.14
Popis: Consider nondeterministic finite automata recognizing base-k positional notation of numbers. Assume that numbers are read starting from their least significant digits. It is proved that if two sets of numbers S and T are represented by nondeterministic automata of m and n states, respectively, then their sum {s+t | s in S, t in T} is represented by a nondeterministic automaton with 2mn+2m+2n+1 states. Moreover, this number of states is necessary in the worst case for all k>=9.
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