Practice Intuition Behind The Pumping Lemma For Cfls (6.6.2) - Pushdown Automata (PDA) and Non-Context-Free Languages
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Intuition Behind the Pumping Lemma for CFLs

Practice - Intuition Behind the Pumping Lemma for CFLs

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Question 1 Easy

What are the three key conditions of the Pumping Lemma for CFLs?

💡 Hint: Consider the structure of the string and how it must behave when pumped.

Question 2 Easy

Define a Context-Free Language.

💡 Hint: Think about what types of grammars have specific rules for their structure.

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Question 1

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

They can all be defined by a single grammar
They must satisfy certain conditions when a string is long enough
They are always regular languages

💡 Hint: Remember that the lemma helps check properties of larger strings.

Question 2

True or False: If a string violates the Pumping Lemma, it must be a context-free language.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about the implication of the Pumping Lemma being a necessity for CFLs.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Consider the language L={x^n y^n z^n | n ≥ 0}. Use the Pumping Lemma to argue why this language is not context-free.

💡 Hint: Analyze different positions for the segments and how pumping affects their equality.

Challenge 2 Hard

Create a context-free grammar for the language L={a^n b^n | n ≥ 0}. Then show how it satisfies the conditions of the Pumping Lemma.

💡 Hint: Consider constructing derivation trees and how they allow for pumped strings.

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