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On the inherent ambiguity of simple tuple languages

Über die Mehrdeutigkeit von einfachen Tupelsprachen

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A proof is given that the tuple language

$$L_m = \{ a_{11}^i ...a_{1m}^i a_{21}^j ...a_{2m}^j a_{31}^k ...a_{3m}^k |i = j or j = k;i,j,k \geqslant 1\} ,m \geqslant 1,$$

has the following properties: (i) non-tuple grammar withn<[(3m−1)/2] 2 can generateL m (ii)L m is an inherently ambiguousn-tuple language forn=[(3m−1)/2] (iii)L m is an unambiguousn-tuple language forn>[(3m−1)/2].

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Es wird bewiesen, daß die Tupelsprache

$$L_m = \{ a_{11}^i ...a_{1m}^i a_{21}^j ...a_{2m}^j a_{31}^k ...a_{3m}^k |i = j or j = k;i,j,k \geqslant 1\} ,m \geqslant 1,$$

die folgende Eigenschaften besitzt: (i) es gibt keinen-Tupelgrammatik mitn<[(3m−1)/2], dieL m erzeugt; (ii)L m ist eine eigentlich mehrdeutigen-Tupelsprache fürn=[(3m−1)/2]; (iii)L m ist eine eindeutigen-Tupelsprache fürn>[(3m−1)/2].

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This research was supported in part by the National Research Council of Canada, Grant A-4088.

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Kuich, W., Maurer, H. On the inherent ambiguity of simple tuple languages. Computing 7, 194–203 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02242346

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