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Undecidability and incompleteness results in automata theory

Published: 01 October 2001 Publication History

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Automata theory is inextricably intertwined with undecidability and incompleteness results. This papers explores the beautiful panorama of undecidability and Gödel-like incompleteness results in automata theory that reveals their ubiquity and clarifies and illustrates how the severity of these results changes with the complexity of the problems and the computing power of the automata.

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        A half-century of automata theory: celebration and inspiration
        October 2001
        155 pages
        ISBN:9810245904

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        World Scientific Publishing Co., Inc.

        United States

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        Published: 01 October 2001

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