A note on the sufficiency of Sokolowski's criterion for context-free languages

Anton Nijholt

doi:10.1016/0020-0190(82)90016-3

A note on the sufficiency of Sokolowski's criterion for context-free languages

Anton Nijholt

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Abstract

Sokolowski's criterion is a condition on languages which can be used to show that a language is not context-free. The question has been raised whether the criterion is not only a necessary, but also a sufficient one. In this paper we show that the answer is negative.

Original language	Undefined
Pages (from-to)	207-207
Number of pages	1
Journal	Information processing letters
Volume	14
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-0190(82)90016-3
Publication status	Published - 23 Jul 1982

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IR-66948
EWI-9266
HMI-SLT: Speech and Language Technology

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