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Square-count language is not context-free
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Pumping lemma for context-free languages
2026-09-29
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The language
{
a
m
2
b
m
2
:
m
≥
0
}
is not
context
-
free
.
Pump
a
word
with both block
lengths
p
2
. Unequal changes to the blocks destroy equality; an equal positive change
d
≤
p
makes both
lengths
p
2
+
d
, which lies strictly between consecutive
squares
p
2
and
(
p
+
1
)
2
.
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Pumping lemma for context-free languages
Formal language theory
Foundations of mathematics
Area of mathematics
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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge
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2020
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ii
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Paper 3
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4F
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ii
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