Aperiodic finite state automaton

An aperiodic finite-state automaton (also called a counter-free automaton) is a finite-state automaton whose transition monoid is aperiodic.

Properties[]

A regular language is star-free if and only if it is accepted by an automaton with a finite and aperiodic transition monoid. This result of algebraic automata theory is due to Marcel-Paul Schützenberger.^[1] In particular, the minimum automaton of a star-free language is always counter-free (however, a star-free language may also be recognized by other automata which are not aperiodic).

A counter-free language is a regular language for which there is an integer n such that for all words x, y, z and integers m ≥ n we have xy^mz in L if and only if xyⁿz in L. Another way to state Schützenberger's theorem is that star-free languages and counter-free languages are the same thing.^{[further explanation needed]}

An aperiodic automaton satisfies the Černý conjecture.^[2]

References[]

^ Schützenberger, Marcel-Paul (1965). "On Finite Monoids Having Only Trivial Subgroups" (PDF). Information and Control. 8 (2): 190–194. doi:10.1016/s0019-9958(65)90108-7.
^ Trahtman, Avraham N. (2007). "The Černý conjecture for aperiodic automata". Discrete Math. Theor. Comput. Sci. 9 (2): 3–10. ISSN 1365-8050. Zbl 1152.68461. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-04-05.

McNaughton, Robert; Papert, Seymour (1971). Counter-free Automata. Research Monograph. Vol. 65. With an appendix by William Henneman. MIT Press. ISBN 0-262-13076-9. Zbl 0232.94024.
Sonal Pratik Patel (2010). An Examination of Counter-Free Automata (PDF) (Masters Thesis). San Diego State University. — An intensive examination of McNaughton, Papert (1971).
Thomas Colcombet (2011). "Green's Relations and their Use in Automata Theory". In Dediu, Adrian-Horia; Inenaga, Shunsuke; Martín-Vide, Carlos (eds.). Proc. Language and Automata Theory and Applications (LATA) (PDF). LNCS. Vol. 6638. Springer. pp. 1–21. ISBN 978-3-642-21253-6. — Uses Green's relations to prove Schützenberger's and other theorems.

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[Schutzenberger65-1] Schützenberger, Marcel-Paul (1965). "On Finite Monoids Having Only Trivial Subgroups" (PDF). Information and Control. 8 (2): 190–194. doi:10.1016/s0019-9958(65)90108-7.

[Trahtman07-2] Trahtman, Avraham N. (2007). "The Černý conjecture for aperiodic automata". Discrete Math. Theor. Comput. Sci. 9 (2): 3–10. ISSN 1365-8050. Zbl 1152.68461. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-04-05.

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