0 votes 0 votes L =Set of all string which starts with a and ends with a .what will be the min no of states in FA represented by this Lang. Theory of Computation minimal-state-automata theory-of-computation finite-automata + – Amit Sharma asked Jun 7, 2016 Amit Sharma 1.5k views answer comment Share Follow See all 0 reply Please log in or register to add a comment.
Best answer 5 votes 5 votes Here I assumed q0 as the initial state . q1 as the final state .q3 as the trap state . Regular expression for this will be a+a(a+b)*a shekhar chauhan answered Jun 7, 2016 • edited Jun 7, 2016 by shekhar chauhan shekhar chauhan comment Share Follow See all 7 Comments See all 7 7 Comments reply Show 4 previous comments LeenSharma commented Jul 10, 2016 reply Follow Share PIET yes Question is asking minimum no of states in FA not DFA. You can make Nfa for it. In Nfa there is no dead state. So,Number of states in FA =3 1 votes 1 votes shekhar chauhan commented Jul 10, 2016 reply Follow Share can it be minimized further without violate the condition ? which are given in question . 0 votes 0 votes LeenSharma commented Jul 10, 2016 reply Follow Share no.it can't minimize further. 0 votes 0 votes Please log in or register to add a comment.