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Generation of Constants and Synchronization of Finite Automata

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Generation of Constants and Synchronization of Finite Automata
: The problem about the synchronization of a finite deterministic automaton is not yet properly understood. The present paper investigates this and related problems within the general framework of a composition theory for functions over a finite domain N with n elements. The notion of depth introduced in this connection is a good indication of the complexity of a given function, namely, the complexity with respect to the length of composition sequences in terms of functions belonging to a basic set. The depth may vary considerably with the target function. Not much is known about the reachability of some target functions, notably constants. Synchronizability of a finite automaton amounts to the representability of some constant as a composition of the functions defined by the input letters. Properties of n such as primality or being a power of 2 turn out to be important, independently of the semantic interpretation. We present some necessary, as well as some sufficient, conditions for ...
Arto Salomaa
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Type Journal
Year 2002
Where JUCS
Authors Arto Salomaa
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