3. Mastering Pumping Lemma & Converting Finite Automata to Regular Expressions 📘

Learn essential techniques in automata theory with MIT's 18.404J course: Regular Pumping Lemma, FA to Regular Expression conversions, and more. Perfect for aspiring computer scientists!

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MIT 18.404J Theory of Computation, Fall 2020
Instructor: Michael Sipser
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Quickly reviewed last lecture. Showed conversion of DFAs to regular expressions. Gave a method for proving languages not regular by using the pumping lemma and closure properties. Introduced context free grammars (CFGs).

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