15-453 Formal Languages, Automata, and Computation
Lecture 2: Finite Automata
This lecture will formally introduce finite automata as the simplest model
of computation -- one that allows for only finite amount of memory. Viewing
the computation as a language problem, we will define what it means for a
(deterministic) finite automata to 'recognize' a language, and consider some
properties of the class of languages recognized by these automata. Finally,
we will introduce the concept of non-determinism and extend the definitions to
non-deterministic finite automata.
This lecture prepared and delivered by Aleks Nanevski.
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