The language L of strings of length 2, defined over Σ ={0,1,2}, can be written as
L= {00, 01, 02,10, 11,12,20,21,22} 2- Recursion Example The set POLYNOMIAL is defined by these four rules:
Rule 1 Any number is in POLYNOMIAL.
Rule 2 The variable x is in POLYNOMIAL. Rule 3 If p and q are in POLYNOMIAL, then so are p + q and (p) and pq. Rule 4 POLYNOMIAL contains only those things which can be created by the three rules above. 3- Regular Expression Example The language of the expression a*b* contains all the strings of a's and b's in which all the a's (if any) come before all the b's (if any). language (a*b*) = {A a b aa ab bb aaa aab abb bbb aaaa . . . }