Explain why Thompson's Construction Algorithm is considered to be a proof by induction. Hint: consider what the inductive steps and base cases are. What does Thompson's Construction Algorithm prove?
--> Thompson's Construction Algorithm:
Base cases are:
NFA's for
empty-expression ε
symbol a
union expression a|b
concatenation expression ab
Kleene star expression a*
--> Induction step is We assume there is NFA for expression S and by using above bases cases we prove
the theorem.
--> Thompson's Construction Algorithm prove that any regular expression may be converted into an
equivalent NFA.
Explain why Thompson's Construction Algorithm is considered to be a proof by induction. Hint: consider what...
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