On Time Versus Space.

Abstract

It is shown that every deterministic multitape Turing machine of time complexity t(n) can be simulated by a deterministic Turing machine of tape complexity t(n)/log t(n). Consequently for tape constructable t(n), the class of languages recognizable by multitape Turing machines of time complexity t(n) is strictly contained in the class of languages recognized by Turing machines of tape complexity t(n). In particular the context sensitive languages cannot be recognized in linear time by deterministic multitape Turing machines.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA018707

Entities

People

  • John Hopcroft
  • Leslie Valiant
  • Wolfgang Paul

Organizations

  • Department of Computer Science, Cornell University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automata
  • Cooperation
  • German Language
  • Germany
  • Language
  • Machines
  • Natural Languages
  • West Germany

Readers

  • Materials Science.
  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.

Technology Areas

  • Space