Undecidability of the equivalence of finite substitutions on regular language

Vesa Halava; Tero Harju

RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications (2010)

  • Volume: 33, Issue: 2, page 117-124
  • ISSN: 0988-3754

Abstract

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A simplified proof is given for the following result due to Lisovik: it is undecidable for two given ε–free finite substitutions, whether they are equivalent on the regular language b{0,1}*c.

How to cite

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Halava, Vesa, and Harju, Tero. "Undecidability of the equivalence of finite substitutions on regular language." RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications 33.2 (2010): 117-124. <http://eudml.org/doc/222067>.

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References

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  1. V. Halava and T. Harju, Undecidability in integer weighted finite automata. Fund. Inform., to appear.  
  2. J. Karhumäki, Equations over finite sets of words and equivalence problems in automata theory. Theoret. Comput. Sci.108 (1993) 103-118.  
  3. L.P. Lisovik, An undecidable problem for countable Markov chains. Cybernetics27 (1991) 163-169.  
  4. L.P. Lisovik, Nondeterministic systems and finite substitutions on regular language. Bull. European Assoc. Theoret. Comput. Sci. (1997) 156-160.  
  5. P. Turakainen, The undecidability of some equivalence problems concerning ngsm's and finite substitutions. Theoret. Comput. Sci.174 (1997) 269-274.  

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