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Star-Complement-Star on Prefix-Free Languages

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We study the star-complement-star operation on prefix-free languages. We get a tight upper bound \(2^{n-3}+2\) for the state complexity of this combined operation on prefix free languages. To prove tightness, we use a binary alphabet. Then we present the results of our computations concerning star-complement-star on binary prefix-free languages. We also show that state complexity of star-complement-star of every unary prefix-free language is one, except for the language \(\{a\}\), where it is two.

M. Palmovský—Research supported by VEGA grant 2/0084/15.

J. Šebej—Research supported by VEGA grant 1/0142/15.

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  1. Mathematical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Grešákova 6, 040 01, Košice, Slovakia

    Matúš Palmovský

  2. Institute of Computer Science, Faculty of Science, P.J. Šafárik University, Jesenná 5, 040 01, Košice, Slovakia

    Juraj Šebej

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Palmovský, M., Šebej, J. (2015). Star-Complement-Star on Prefix-Free Languages. In: Shallit, J., Okhotin, A. (eds) Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems. DCFS 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9118. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19225-3_20

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