Practice Pumping Lemma for Context-Free Languages - 6.6 | Module 6: Pushdown Automata (PDA) and Non-Context-Free Languages | Theory of Computation
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6.6 - Pumping Lemma for Context-Free Languages

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Practice Questions

Test your understanding with targeted questions related to the topic.

Question 1

Easy

What is the Pumping Lemma used for?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about its relationship with language classification.

Question 2

Easy

What does |vxy| ≀ p signify?

πŸ’‘ Hint: Consider how far apart the segments can be in the string.

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Interactive Quizzes

Engage in quick quizzes to reinforce what you've learned and check your comprehension.

Question 1

What does the Pumping Lemma state about context-free languages?

  • They cannot be pumped.
  • They can be divided into parts that can be repeated.
  • They have no specific structure.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Remember the purpose of the lemma.

Question 2

Is the language L={'a^n b^n c^n | nβ‰₯0} context-free?

  • True
  • False

πŸ’‘ Hint: Can all three counts be maintained equally?

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Using the Pumping Lemma, show that the language L={a^n b^m | n, m β‰₯ 0, n β‰  m} is not context-free.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Think about what happens when n and m need to stay unequal after pumping.

Question 2

Prove that the language L={ww | w∈{a,b}^*} is not context-free using the Pumping Lemma.

πŸ’‘ Hint: Carefully consider what would need to be balanced across the repeated segments.

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