Practice Intuitive Understanding Of Why Some Languages Are Not Context-free (6.5.1)
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Intuitive Understanding of Why Some Languages are Not Context-Free

Practice - Intuitive Understanding of Why Some Languages are Not Context-Free

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is a context-free language?

💡 Hint: Recall the definition related to grammars.

Question 2 Easy

How does a PDA recognize languages?

💡 Hint: Think about what makes PDAs different from DFAs.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

Which of the following languages is not context-free?

L={anbn}
L={anbncn}
L={a^*b^*c^*}

💡 Hint: Consider memory limitations of PDAs.

Question 2

True or False: PDAs can recognize languages with non-local dependency.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about how a stack operates.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Prove using the Pumping Lemma that the language L={anbncn} is not context-free.

💡 Hint: Focus on where the segments v and y fall within the structure of s.

Challenge 2 Hard

Give an in-depth explanation of why PDAs fail with languages requiring multiple counts.

💡 Hint: Draw connections to practical examples and counter-examples.

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