Chapter 3: 8E (page 188)
Give implementation-level descriptions of Turing machines that decide the following languages over the alphabet
a.
b.
c.
Short Answer
a. y
b.
c.
Chapter 3: 8E (page 188)
Give implementation-level descriptions of Turing machines that decide the following languages over the alphabet
a.
b.
c.
a. y
b.
c.
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Get started for freeA Turing machine with doubly infinite tape is similar to an ordinary Turing machine, but its tape is infinite to the left as well as to the right. The tape is initially filled with blanks except for the portion that contains the input. Computation is defined as usual except that the head never encounters an end to the tape as it moves leftward. Show that this type of Turing machine recognizes the class of Turing-recognizable languages.
Let a k - PDA be a pushdown automaton that has k stacks. Thus a 0 - PDA is an NFA and a 1 - PDA is a conventional PDA. You already know that 1 - PDAs are more powerful (recognize a larger class of languages) than 0 - PDAs.
a. Show that 2 - PDAs are more powerful than 1 - PDAs.
b. Show that 3 - PDAs are not more powerful than2 - PDAs. (Hint: Simulate a Turing machine tape with two stacks.
Let be a polynomial with a root at . Let role="math" localid="1659797796589" be the largest absolute value of a . Show that
Say that a write-once Turing machine is a single-tape TM that can alter each tape square at most once (including the input portion of the tape). Show that this variant Turing machine model is equivalent to the ordinary Turing machine model.
Examine the formal definition of a Turing machine to answer the following questions, and explain your reasoning.
a. Can a Turing machine ever write the blank symbol on its tape?
b. Can the tape alphabetbe the same as the input alphabet?
c. Can a Turing machine’s head ever be in the same location in two successive steps?
d. Can a Turing machine contain just a single state?
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