Automata Topics

The topic list shows the material of each class and the corresponding chapters of the textbook.
August 28 Course overview     ---
August 30 Math review Section 1.1
September 4
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Math review
Basic concepts

Section 1.2
September 6
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Basic concepts
DFAs

Section 2.1
September 13
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DFAs
NFAs

Section 2.2
September 18 DFAs = NFAs Section 2.3
September 20
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DFAs = NFSa
Regular expressions
Expressions = NFAs

Section 3.1
Section 3.2
September 25 Expressions = NFAs
September 27 EXAM #1    ---
October 2 Regular grammars Section 3.3
October 4 Regular grammars
October 9
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Closure properties
Elementary questions
Section 4.1
Section 4.2
October 11
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Elementary questions
Pumping lemma

Section 4.3
October 16
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Pumping lemma
Context-free grammars

Section 5.1
October 18
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Context-free grammars
Parsing

Sections 5.2 and 5.3
October 23 Parsing
October 25
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Parsing
Simplification

Section 6.1
October 30 Simplification
November 1 EXAM #2    ---
November 6
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Simplification
Normal forms

Section 6.2
November 8
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Normal forms
Pushdown automata

Sections 7.1 and 7.3
November 13 Pushdown automata
November 15 Pushdown automata
November 20
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Pushdown automata
Turing machines

Sections 9.1 and 9.3
November 27 Turing machines
November 29 Turing machines
December 4 Exam Review    ---
December 6 FINAL EXAM    ---
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