Dyck Language
In the theory of formal languages of computer science, mathematics, and linguistics, a Dyck word is a balanced string of brackets. The set of Dyck words forms a Dyck language. The simplest, Dyck-1, uses just two matching brackets, e.g. ( and ). Dyck words and language are named after the mathematician Walther von Dyck. They have applications in the parsing of expressions that must have a correctly nested sequence of brackets, such as arithmetic or algebraic expressions. Formal definition Let \Sigma = \ be the alphabet consisting of the symbols and Let \Sigma^ denote its Kleene closure. The Dyck language is defined as: : \. Context-free grammar It may be helpful to define the Dyck language via a context-free grammar in some situations. The Dyck language is generated by the context-free grammar with a single non-terminal , and the production: : That is, ''S'' is either the empty string () or is " , an element of the Dyck language, the matching ", and an element of the D ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Formal Languages
In logic, mathematics, computer science, and linguistics, a formal language is a set of string (computer science), strings whose symbols are taken from a set called "#Definition, alphabet". The alphabet of a formal language consists of symbols that concatenate into strings (also called "words"). Words that belong to a particular formal language are sometimes called Formal language#Definition, ''well-formed words''. A formal language is often defined by means of a formal grammar such as a regular grammar or context-free grammar. In computer science, formal languages are used, among others, as the basis for defining the grammar of programming languages and formalized versions of subsets of natural languages, in which the words of the language represent concepts that are associated with meanings or semantics. In computational complexity theory, decision problems are typically defined as formal languages, and complexity classes are defined as the sets of the formal languages that ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Recurrent Neural Network
Recurrent neural networks (RNNs) are a class of artificial neural networks designed for processing sequential data, such as text, speech, and time series, where the order of elements is important. Unlike feedforward neural networks, which process inputs independently, RNNs utilize recurrent connections, where the output of a neuron at one time step is fed back as input to the network at the next time step. This enables RNNs to capture temporal dependencies and patterns within sequences. The fundamental building block of RNNs is the ''recurrent unit'', which maintains a ''hidden state''—a form of memory that is updated at each time step based on the current input and the previous hidden state. This feedback mechanism allows the network to learn from past inputs and incorporate that knowledge into its current processing. RNNs have been successfully applied to tasks such as unsegmented, connected handwriting recognition, speech recognition, natural language processing, and neural ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Dyck Lattice D4
Dyck is a form of the Dutch surname (van) Dijck, which is also common among Russian Mennonites. Notable surnames * Aganetha Dyck (born 1937), Canadian artist * Anthony van Dyck (1599–1641), Flemish artist * Arnold Dyck (1889-1970), Canadian author * Cornelius Van Allen Van Dyck (1818–1895), American missionary * Erika Dyck (born 1975), Canadian historian * Howard Dyck (born 1942), Canadian conductor * Jonathan Dyck, Canadian graphic novelist * Lillian Dyck (born 1945), Canadian senator * Lionel Dyck (1944–2024), Rhodesian-born mercenary * Paul Dyck (born 1971), Canadian ice hockey player * Peter George Dyck (1946–2020), Canadian politician * Rand Dyck (born 1943), Canadian professor * Walther von Dyck (1856–1934), German mathematician Fictional characters * Elsie Dyck, fictional Mennonite writer in Andrew Unger's novel '' Once Removed'' * Harry Dyck, recurring character in '' The Daily Bonnet'' * Noah and Anita Dyck, fictional Mennonite couple in the televi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Catalan Number
The Catalan numbers are a sequence of natural numbers that occur in various Enumeration, counting problems, often involving recursion, recursively defined objects. They are named after Eugène Charles Catalan, Eugène Catalan, though they were previously discovered in the 1730s by Minggatu. The -th Catalan number can be expressed directly in terms of the central binomial coefficients by :C_n = \frac = \frac \qquad\textn\ge 0. The first Catalan numbers for are : . Properties An alternative expression for is :C_n = - for n\ge 0\,, which is equivalent to the expression given above because \tbinom=\tfrac\tbinomn. This expression shows that is an integer, which is not immediately obvious from the first formula given. This expression forms the basis for a #Second proof, proof of the correctness of the formula. Another alternative expression is :C_n = \frac \,, which can be directly interpreted in terms of the cycle lemma; see below. The Catalan numbers satisfy the recurr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Narayana Number
In combinatorics, the Narayana numbers \operatorname(n, k), n \in \mathbb^+, 1 \le k \le n form a triangular array of natural numbers, called the Narayana triangle, that occur in various Combinatorial enumeration, counting problems. They are named after Canadian mathematician Tadepalli Venkata Narayana, T. V. Narayana (1930–1987). Formula The Narayana numbers can be expressed in terms of binomial coefficients: : \operatorname(n, k) = \frac Numerical values The first eight rows of the Narayana triangle read: Combinatorial interpretations Dyck words An example of a counting problem whose solution can be given in terms of the Narayana numbers \operatorname(n, k), is the number of words containing pairs of parentheses, which are correctly matched (known as Dyck words) and which contain distinct nestings. For instance, \operatorname(4, 2) = 6, since with four pairs of parentheses, six sequences can be created which each contain two occurrences the sub-pattern : ( ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Complexity Class
In computational complexity theory, a complexity class is a set (mathematics), set of computational problems "of related resource-based computational complexity, complexity". The two most commonly analyzed resources are time complexity, time and space complexity, memory. In general, a complexity class is defined in terms of a type of computational problem, a model of computation, and a bounded resource like time complexity, time or space complexity, memory. In particular, most complexity classes consist of decision problems that are solvable with a Turing machine, and are differentiated by their time or space (memory) requirements. For instance, the class P (complexity), P is the set of decision problems solvable by a deterministic Turing machine in polynomial time. There are, however, many complexity classes defined in terms of other types of problems (e.g. Counting problem (complexity), counting problems and function problems) and using other models of computation (e.g. probabil ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Regular Language
In theoretical computer science and formal language theory, a regular language (also called a rational language) is a formal language that can be defined by a regular expression, in the strict sense in theoretical computer science (as opposed to many modern regular expression engines, which are Regular expression#Patterns for non-regular languages, augmented with features that allow the recognition of non-regular languages). Alternatively, a regular language can be defined as a language recognised by a finite automaton. The equivalence of regular expressions and finite automata is known as Kleene's theorem (after American mathematician Stephen Cole Kleene). In the Chomsky hierarchy, regular languages are the languages generated by regular grammar, Type-3 grammars. Formal definition The collection of regular languages over an Alphabet (formal languages), alphabet Σ is defined recursively as follows: * The empty language ∅ is a regular language. * For each ''a'' ∈ Σ (''a'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Context-free Language
In formal language theory, a context-free language (CFL), also called a Chomsky type-2 language, is a language generated by a context-free grammar (CFG). Context-free languages have many applications in programming languages, in particular, most arithmetic expressions are generated by context-free grammars. Background Context-free grammar Different context-free grammars can generate the same context-free language. Intrinsic properties of the language can be distinguished from extrinsic properties of a particular grammar by comparing multiple grammars that describe the language. Automata The set of all context-free languages is identical to the set of languages accepted by pushdown automata, which makes these languages amenable to parsing. Further, for a given CFG, there is a direct way to produce a pushdown automaton for the grammar (and thereby the corresponding language), though going the other way (producing a grammar given an automaton) is not as direct. Examples An e ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Chomsky–Schützenberger Representation Theorem
In formal language theory, the Chomsky–Schützenberger representation theorem is a theorem derived by Noam Chomsky and Marcel-Paul Schützenberger in 1959 about representing a given context-free language in terms of two simpler languages. These two simpler languages, namely a regular language and a Dyck language, are combined by means of an intersection and a homomorphism. The theorem Proofs of this theorem are found in several textbooks, e.g. or . Mathematics Notation A few notions from formal language theory are in order. A context-free language is '' regular'', if it can be described by a regular expression, or, equivalently, if it is accepted by a finite automaton. A homomorphism is based on a function h which maps symbols from an alphabet \Gamma to words over another alphabet \Sigma; If the domain of this function is extended to words over \Gamma in the natural way, by letting h(xy)=h(x)h(y) for all words x and y, this yields a ''homomorphism In algebra, a homom ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bicyclic Semigroup
In mathematics, the bicyclic semigroup is an algebraic object important for the structure theory of semigroups. Although it is in fact a monoid, it is usually referred to as simply a semigroup. It is perhaps most easily understood as the syntactic monoid describing the Dyck language of balanced pairs of parentheses. Thus, it finds common applications in combinatorics, such as describing binary trees and associative algebras. History The first published description of this object was given by Evgenii Lyapin in 1953. Alfred H. Clifford and Gordon Preston claim that one of them, working with David Rees, discovered it independently (without publication) at some point before 1943. Construction There are at least three standard ways of constructing the bicyclic semigroup, and various notations for referring to it. Lyapin called it ''P''; Clifford and Preston used \mathcal; and most recent papers have tended to use ''B''. This article will use the modern style throughout. From ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Commutative
In mathematics, a binary operation is commutative if changing the order of the operands does not change the result. It is a fundamental property of many binary operations, and many mathematical proofs depend on it. Perhaps most familiar as a property of arithmetic, e.g. or , the property can also be used in more advanced settings. The name is needed because there are operations, such as division (mathematics), division and subtraction, that do not have it (for example, ); such operations are ''not'' commutative, and so are referred to as noncommutative operations. The idea that simple operations, such as the multiplication (mathematics), multiplication and addition of numbers, are commutative was for many centuries implicitly assumed. Thus, this property was not named until the 19th century, when new algebraic structures started to be studied. Definition A binary operation * on a Set (mathematics), set ''S'' is ''commutative'' if x * y = y * x for all x,y \in S. An operat ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Syntactic Monoid
In mathematics and computer science, the syntactic monoid M(L) of a formal language L is the minimal monoid that recognizes the language L. By the Myhill–Nerode theorem, the syntactic monoid is unique up to unique isomorphism. Syntactic quotient An alphabet is a finite set. The free monoid on a given alphabet is the monoid whose elements are all the strings of zero or more elements from that set, with string concatenation as the monoid operation and the empty string as the identity element. Given a subset S of a free monoid M, one may define sets that consist of formal left or right inverses of elements in S. These are called quotients, and one may define right or left quotients, depending on which side one is concatenating. Thus, the right quotient of S by an element m from M is the set :S \ / \ m=\. Similarly, the left quotient is :m \setminus S=\. Syntactic equivalence The syntactic quotient induces an equivalence relation on M, called the syntactic relation, o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |