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expressing_regular_expressions_in_msol_over_strings [2007/05/06 20:59]
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 ====== Expressing regular expressions in MSOL over strings ====== ====== Expressing regular expressions in MSOL over strings ======
  
-Idea: for each regular expression $r$ of alphabet ​with inputs $v_1,​\ldots,​v_n$ associate a formula $F$ with free variables $v_1,​\ldots,​v_n,​p,​q$ such that $F$ is valid precisely for whose sets of numbers for which+See  
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 +Idea: for each regular expression $r$ of a [[regular expressions for automata ​with parallel inputs|automaton for parallel ​inputs]] $v_1,​\ldots,​v_n$ associate a formula $F$ with free variables $v_1,​\ldots,​v_n,​p,​q$ such that $F$ is valid precisely for whose sets of numbers for which
   * $p$ and $q$ are singletons   * $p$ and $q$ are singletons
   * the strings given by the parts of $v_1,​\ldots,​v_n$ that start at position $p$ and end at position $q$ satisfy regular expression $F(r)$   * the strings given by the parts of $v_1,​\ldots,​v_n$ that start at position $p$ and end at position $q$ satisfy regular expression $F(r)$