An Implicit Function Theorem for Group Equations Generated by a Finite Automation.
Abstract
The study of mathematical semantics involves the study of mappings from a formal language L to a configuration space C. In this paper we consider the special case where L = L(D), D is a finite automaton, C is a group G, and the semantic map is defined by associating each production of D with a group element of G, p approaches theta (P). A sequence of productions would then be mapped to a product of corresponding group elements. When the semantic map is observed on sentences in L(D), we discuss a graph-theoretic method of solving for theta. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1979
- Accession Number
- ADA078959
Entities
People
- Philip R. Thrift
Organizations
- Princeton University