0 0 votes What is the number of states in the minimal dfa representing the language a*b* ? Theory of Computation + – Rhythm 930 views answer comment Share Follow Print See 1 comment 1 1 comment reply himgta commented Feb 16, 2019 reply Follow flag 3? 1 1 replyShare Please log in or register to add a comment.
2 2 votes 3 states for a*b* a cannot be present after first b is encountered Note however that (a*b*)* = (a+b)* which requires only 1 state subhrob answered Feb 16, 2019 • edited Feb 16, 2019 by subhrob subhrob comment Share Follow See all 3 Comments 3 3 Comments reply smsubham commented Feb 16, 2019 reply Follow flag You have missed a,b transition to the same state on the dead state. 0 0 replyShare subhrob commented Feb 16, 2019 reply Follow flag @smsubham, thanks for pointing out, corrected the answer 0 0 replyShare d.bhavani shankar commented Feb 18, 2019 reply Follow flag yaa 3 0 0 replyShare Please log in or register to add a comment.