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Infinite intersection of regular languages

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Regular languages are closed under finite intersection, but not countably infinite intersection. Indeed, for any formal language K⊆Σ∗ over a finite alphabet, let Li​ contain every word of length at least i, together with the members of K of length less than i. Each Li​ is a regular language, since its exceptional short part is a finite language, and ⋂i≥1​Li​=K. Thus every formal language, including one that is not a regular language, can arise in this way.

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