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3. Reference
Book: INTRODUCTION TO THE THEORY OF COMPUTATION, SECOND EDITION, by:
MICHAEL SIPSER
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4. Objectives AUTOMATA THEORY COMPUTABILITY THEORY COMPLEXITY THEORY
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DEFINITION
THEOREM
PROOF
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5. AUTOMATA, COMPUTABILITY, AND COMPLEXITY
What are the fundamental capabilities and limitations of computers?
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6. AUTOMATA, COMPUTABILITY, AND COMPLEXITY
1930s  the meaning of computation.
COMPLEXITY THEORY
Computer problems come in different varieties; some are easy, and some are hard.
For example:
Easy : the sorting problem is an easy one.
Hard: Encoding and Decoding
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7. COMPLEXITY THEORY
Computer problems come in different varieties; some are easy, and some are hard.
For example, the sorting problem is an easy one.
For example, scheduling problem is a hard one or (cryptography - because secret codes should be hard to break without the secret key or password.).
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8. What makes some problems computationally hard and others easy?
COMPLEXITY THEORY
What makes some problems computationally hard and others easy?
First, by understanding which aspect of the problem is at the root of the difficulty.
Second, you may be able to settle for less than a perfect solution to the problem.
Third, some problems are hard only in the worst case situation, but easy most of the time.
Finally, you may consider alternative types of computation such as randomized computation, that can speed up certain tasks.
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9. COMPUTABILITY THEORY
“problem of determining whether a mathematical statement is true or false”
The theories of computability and complexity are closely related.
In complexity theory, the objective is to classify problems as easy ones and hard ones.
In computability theory the classification of problems is by those that are solvable and those that are not.
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10. AUTOMATA THEORY
Automata theory deals with the definitions and properties of mathematical models of computation.
Mathematical models:
the finite automaton model, is used in text processing, compilers, and hardware design.
the context-free grammar model, is used in programming languages and artificial intelligence.
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11. MATHEMATICAL NOTIONS AND TERMINOLOGY
SETS: A set is a group of objects represented as a unit. (any type of object, including numbers, symbols, and even other sets)
The objects in a set are called its elements or members. {7, 21, 57} – the set contains the elements 7, 21, and 57.
The symbols denote set membership and nonmembership.
A is a subset of B, written if every member of A also is a member of B. A is a proper subset of B, written , if A is a subset of B and not equal to B.
Ex.: The set {1, 2} is a proper subset of {1, 2, 3}.
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12. MATHEMATICAL NOTIONS AND TERMINOLOGY
- multiset - ? - infinite set - ? - The set of natural numbers N is written {1,2,3,...}. - The set of integers Z is written {... ,-2,-1,0,1,2,…}. - The set with 0 members is called the empty set and is written Ø.
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14. MATHEMATICAL NOTIONS AND TERMINOLOGY
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15. MATHEMATICAL NOTIONS AND TERMINOLOGY
SEQUENCES AND TUPLES
A sequence of objects is a list of these objects in some order.
For example, the sequence 7, 21, 57 would be written (7, 21, 57).
In a set the order doesn't matter, but in a sequence it does. Hence (7,21, 57) is not the same as (57, 7, 21).
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Sequences may be finite or infinite. Finite sequences often are called tuples. A sequence with k elements is a k-tuple.
For example, (7,21, 57) is a 3 -tuple. A 2-tuple is also called a pair.
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17. MATHEMATICAL NOTIONS AND TERMINOLOGY
Sets and sequences may appear as elements of other sets and sequences.
For example, the power set of A is the set of all subsets of A. If A is the set {0, 1}, the power set of A is the set {Ø, {0}, {1}, {0, 1} }.
The set of all pairs whose elements are 0s and 1s is { (0, 0), (0,1), (1, 0), (1,1) }.
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18. MATHEMATICAL NOTIONS AND TERMINOLOGY
If A and B are two sets, the Cartesian product or cross product of A and B, written A x B, is the set of all pairs wherein the first element is a member of A and the second element is a member of B.
EXAMPLE:
If A = {1, 2} and B {x, y, z},
A x B { (1, x), (1, y), (1, z), (2, x), (2, y), (2, z) }.
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19. MATHEMATICAL NOTIONS AND TERMINOLOGY
FUNCTIONS AND RELATIONS
A function is an object that sets up an input-output relationship.
A function takes an input and produces an output.
f(a) = b
If f is a function whose output value is b when the input value is a.
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A function also is called a mapping, and, if f (a) = b, we say that f maps a to b.
For example, the absolute value function abs takes a number x as input and returns x:
if x is positive or negative.
abs(2) = abs(-2) = 2.
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The set of possible inputs to the function is called its domain.
The outputs of a function come from a set called its range.
The notation for saying that f is a function with domain D and range R is f: DR
function abs: Z Z.
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Example:
This function adds 1 to its input and then outputs the result modulo 5. A number modulo m is the remainder after division by m. Consider the functions: {0,1, 2, 3, 4} {O, 1, 2, 3, 4}. n
f (n) 1 2 3 4
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23. MATHEMATICAL NOTIONS AND TERMINOLOGY
Example: The function g is the addition function modulo 4.
for some sets A1, ... Ak, the input to f is a k-tuple (a1, a2 , ... , ak) and we call the ai the arguments to f. A function with k arguments is called a k-ary function, and k is called the arity of the function. If k is 1, f has a single argument and f is called a unary function. If k is 2, f is a binary function.
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24. MATHEMATICAL NOTIONS AND TERMINOLOGY
infix notation - usually is written in infix notation with the + symbol between its two arguments. a + b
prefix notation add(a, b). Or + a b
postfix notation a b +
An example of such a function notation would be S(1,3) in which the function S denotes addition: S(1,3) = 1+3 = 4.
A predicate or property is a function whose range is {TRUE, FALSE}.
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A property whose domain is a set of k-tuples A x …. x A is called a relation.
S = {a є D I P(a) = TRUE} ??? equivalence relation???
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26. MATHEMATICAL NOTIONS AND TERMINOLOGY
GRAPHS
An undirected graph, or simply a graph, is a set of points with lines connecting some of the points. The points are called nodes or vertices, and the lines are called edges.
The number of edges at a particular node is the degree of that node.
Graphs frequently are used to represent data. (labeled graph)
Subgraph – subset of the set(s)
formal description ({1, 2, 3, 4, 5}, {(1, 2), (2, 3), (3, 4), (4, 5), (5, 1)})
formal description ???
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A path in a graph is a sequence of nodes connected by edges. A simple path is a path that doesn't repeat any nodes.
A graph is connected if every two nodes have a path between them.
A path is a cycle if it starts and ends in the same node.
A simple cycle is one that contains at least three nodes and repeats only the first and last nodes.
A graph is a tree if it is connected and has no simple cycles. A tree may contain a specially designated node called the root.
The nodes of degree =>1 in a tree, other than the root, are called the leaves of the tree.
A terminal vertex of a tree is a vertex of degree 1. In a rooted tree, the leaves are all terminal vertices.
A leaf is a vertex of degree 1.
An internal vertex is a vertex of degree at least 2.
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directed graph - If it has arrows instead of lines.
The number of arrows pointing from a particular node is the outdegree of that node, and the number of arrows pointing to a particular node is the indegree.
The formal description of the graph is
({1,2,3,4,5,6}, {(1,2), (1,5), (2,1), (2,4), (5,4), (5,6), (6,1), (6,3)}).
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29. MATHEMATICAL NOTIONS AND TERMINOLOGY STRINGS AND LANGUAGES
“A language is a set of strings”
An alphabet is any nonempty finite set.
- The members of the alphabet are the symbols of the alphabet.
- We generally use capital Greek letters ∑ and Γ to designate alphabets and a typewriter font for symbols from an alphabet.
Examples of alphabets:
∑1 = {0,1}; ∑2 ={a,b,c,d,e,f,g.hij,k,lm,n,o,p,q,r,s,t,u,v,w,x,y,z};
Γ = {0,1,x,y,z}.
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A string over an alphabet is a finite sequence of symbols from that alphabet, usually written next to one another and not separated by commas.
If ∑1 = {0,1}, then is a string over ∑1.
If ω is a string over ∑, the length of ω , written Iωl, is the number of symbols that it contains.
The string of length zero is called the empty string and is written ε (The empty string (often written as lowercase epsilon ε) is the string of length zero)
The reverse of ω , written ωR, is the string obtained by writing ω in the opposite order.
Thus the lexicographic ordering of all strings over the alphabet {0,1} is (ε, O, 1, 00, 01, 10, 11,000,. .. ).
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31. MATHEMATICAL NOTIONS AND TERMINOLOGY BOOLEAN LOGIC
Boolean logic is a mathematical system built around the two values TRUE and FALSE.
The values TRUE and FALSE are called the Boolean values and are often represented by the values 1 and 0.
Boolean operations: negation or NOT (¬), conjunction, or AND (Λ), disjunction or OR (v)
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Example, if P is the Boolean value representing the truth of the statement "the sun is shining" and Q represents the truth of the statement "today is Monday", we may write P Λ Q to represent the truth value of the statement "the sun is shining and today is Monday“
The exclusive or, or XOR, operation is designated by the Φ symbol and is 1 if either but not both of its two operands are 1.
The equality operation, written with the symbol ↔, is 1 if both of its operands have the same value.
Finally, the implication operation is designated by the symbol → and is 0 if its first operand is 1 and its second operand is 0; otherwise → is 1.
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33. MATHEMATICAL NOTIONS AND TERMINOLOGY
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34. SUMMARY OF MATHEMATICAL TERMS
Very important
SUMMARY OF MATHEMATICAL TERMS
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35. DEFINITIONS, THEOREMS, AND PROOFS
Definitions describe the objects and notions that we use.
A proof is a convincing logical argument that a statement is true.
A theorem is a mathematical statement proved true.
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36. FINDING PROOFS
The only way to determine the truth or falsity of a mathematical statement is with a mathematical proof.
Unfortunately, finding proofs isn't always easy.
It can't be reduced to a simple set of rules or processes.
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37. THEOREM 0.20
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38. THEOREM 0.21
Note: The number of edges at a particular node is the degree of that node.
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39. EXAM PLE 0.19
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40. The Student should try to explicate
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41. TYPES OF PROOF
PROOF BY CONSTRUCTION: One way to prove such a theorem is by demonstrating how to construct the object.
PROOF BY CONTRADICTION: assume that the theorem is false and then show that this assumption leads to an obviously false consequence, called a contradiction.
PROOF BY INDUCTION: Proof by induction is an advanced method used to show that all elements of an infinite set have a specified property.
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42. Self study THEOREM 0.22 + proof THEOREM 0.24 + proof
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