Errata for First Printing of Automata, Computability, and Complexity: Theory and Applications

Page Location Error 2 Line 3 We dont we just => Why dont we just 17 Example 2.16 This answer isn't right. It describes a superset of L*. 20 Exercise 6.c. Add ) before final } 24 Example 3.5 Add + to produce "each of the substrings is an element of {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)+ " 36 First bullet Should be define problems as languages to be decided. 49 Line2 Change w elementof c* to w elementof {c}*. 50 Example 4.12 Add comma after "some function f". Change two instances of

"counter example" to "counterexample" 55 FSM diagram Each transition labeled D should advance two states.

61 Figure in Example 5.6 The dead state (labeled d) should not be accepting.

64 Figure in Example 5.10 The state labeled U should be labeled O. The loop back to it should be labeled Sigma - {u}

64 Example 5.10 The word "sacrilegious" is not in L - the letters are out of order. 65 Line 3 Change "an FSM" to "a DFSM".

66 Line -9 A subset-of is the set of final states should be, A subset-of K is a set of accepting states.

82 Halfway down the page The two lines of code st = st1. and If st = emptyset then exit. should be moved to the left so that they line up with For all q in st do:. Keep the /* parts lined up as they are.

82 Line -13 In the argument to big-O, change w to |w|. 88 Last line Change we can us it to we can use it. 101 Soundex diagram Add an arrow to the edge from state 2v back to itself. 112 Last line Remove space before closing ). 114 Line -9 ".. just prior to reading a fifth output symbol." Should be ".. just prior to generating a fifth output symbol." 118 First line of third paragraph

"This new machine is indeed nondeterministic ..." should be "This new machine is indeed deterministic ...".

121 Exercise 1 Make state 5 nonaccepting. 122 Exercise 2j Change as a substrings to as substrings. 124 Exercise 11d The R in wwR should not be italicized (but it is correct to be a

superscript). 133-134 Proof of Thm. 6.1 Change every instance of lower case delta to upper case delta. (Two on p. 133 and 14 on p. 134) 136 Final figure in Example 6.5 The state with in-transition labeled a should not be accepting.

142 Line 11 In the definition of M, change lower case delta to upper case

Delta.

153 Exercise 9 Two errors in the transition diagram: Label the arc from q2 to q0 a. Make state q3 nonaccepting.

154 Exercise 15 In the transition diagram, the arc from q1 to q3 should have the single label b.

165 Line -13 Paragraph should end with, "... and accepts all strings that M1 rejects."

174 Line 7 Remove ) after "some p". 174 First line of Example 8.11

The R in wwR should not be italicized (but it is correct to be a superscript).

195 Line -2 Remove blank between w and , Also remove extra blank after the second w 208, 209, 210, 213, 216, 217, 220, 222, 223, 225, 226, 227, 228, 230

Formal definition of grammar

Quadruple should start with ( and end with ). Some examples use { and }. Some use { and } now.

210 First line of Example 11.3 The R in wwR should not be italicized (but it is correct to be a superscript).

215 Step 5 of the algorithm Change from VG'" to from VG' - G'".

220 The derivations In the left-most derivation, the four instances of "The" should be "the". In the right-most one, the single instance of "The" should be "the".

235 Line -4 Section 11.7.4 should be 11.7.3. 246 Problem 6.a Remove the word where just after the colon. 249 Lines 14-15 Change "M is a sex-tuple" to "M is a six-tuple". 264 Line 2 The first rule should be F -> (E). 281 Figure 13.1 The caption is chopped off at the bottom. It should say "yield". 282 Line 17 Remove the space between w and ,.

308 First and third lines of Example 13.15

The R in wwR should not be italicized (but it is correct to be a superscript).

310 Problem 1.t. The last two *s are superscripted. They shouldnt be.

312 Problem 12.a, second line

Change "regular (but not context free), context free or neither" to "regular, context-free (but not regular) or neither".

315 Line -13 is O(n2^n) should be is O(ng^2n). 319 Line -12 string could have been pumped should be characters could have been pumped. 354 First chart Get rid of the top row (labeled 4). 355 Second chart Add "V, N" above the caption "saw" (as in the chart above it).

356 Second chart Second row (counting down from the top): Move VP to the right so it aligns with VP on row 6. Third row: Move NP to the right so it aligns with NP on row 5. Fourth row: Move ProperNoun to the right so it aligns with NP on row 5.

380 Example 17.11: Diagram of machine C

Delete the blank that occurs immediately after writing x the first time. So after writing x, the code is: L to a blank, L to a blank, write x, loop back.

386 Part (b) of Figure 17.3 Row 3, last separated column: Put a blank in the empty square. 389 Tree in Figure 17.4 Label on root of tree: the "S" should be "s".

402 Line 3 of the second table In column 2, change "q10 to "h10".

402 Last line of Example 17.20 Change "q10 to "h10".

419 Line 20, step 1.1 Remove space between w and period.

438 Proof of Theorem 20.3 Change "(by Theorem 2.2)" to "(by Theorem 2.3)".

443 Proof of Theorem 20.9 Add special case in which L is finite.

454 Line 2 Change Section 21.2 to Section 21.6.

455 Last four lines of step 3 of algorithm Change five instances of "x" to "s"

459 Last line of dovetailing table in middle of page

Fill in the first empty column with b [4]. Then shift the rightmost three columns one to the left.

460 First line Change element-of symbol to not-element-of symbol.

465 Second bullet in proof Change H: does not halt to H: M does not halt .

468 Line -11 Change "machhnes" to "machines". 468 Line -6 Change "Riae's Theorem" to "Rice's Theorem".

475 Title of Theorem 21.14 In "Is M ", italicize "M".

479 Line 8 1.2. should be 1.1. 480-1 Continuation of Continue the margin rule that marks theorems all the way to

Theorem 21.18 just before the Section 21.6.3 heading. 483 Exercise 1.n. "{a*}" should be "a*". 485 Exercise 18 "doubly reducible" should be bold italic.

490 Example 22.2, first row of the tree, rightmost branch

There should be three xs, so add one under the first 0/1 column.

491 Last line of definition of M_PCP Should say, "halt and accept".

533 Line -3 Change G does almost of its work to G does almost all of its work .

542 TM description in middle of page Change two instance of L to q to L to blank.

542 Line 20 Insert [ before CATEGORY NP. 564 TM description in

middle of page Change two instance of L to q to L to blank.

627 Line -2 Change It should now by obvious to It should now be obvious.

629 Tree in Example 28.1 The line between 1 and 5 should not be in bold.

631 Footnote Change Corman to Cormen. 648 Line 10 Change "is likely to exit" to "is likely to exist".

664 Line 5 of proof Change "" to "" and change "" to "".

675 Line 13 Change "no repeated edges" to "no repeated vertices". 733 Line -15 Get rid of word to before the quoted expression "to find". 742 Line -7 Change Corman to Cormen. 743 Line 9 Change Corman to Cormen.

746 First line of Table A.1 Change first instance of P "and symbol" Q to P "or symbol" Q. 765 Last line Change symmetric to transitive.

782 Title of Example A.17 The n in n-squared should not be bold.

784 Title of Example A.19 Change "Tolens" to "Tollens".

785 Line 2 The first i on the line should not be subscripted.

842 Step 2 of the algorithm Change "whose left-hand sides" to "whose left-hand side".

853 Line 3 Insert } after ). 853 Line -14 Insert "the" to produce "string that is the yield " 855 Line -4 Insert space after bullet.

874 Line 9 Nuke subscript 1 after f.

921 Figure I.5 In the Receiver diagram, remove the unlabeled arc that goes from Replying to Active.

955 Line 12 Change "" to "". Change "halt on w" to "halt on epsilon". (Use the symbol for epsilon.)

986 Last bullet item Change "Regular grammars to not ..." to "Regular grammars do not ...".

1009 Line 5 Delete the ) immediately to the left of the implication arrow. 1016 Line -9 and -11 Insert a period after each statement (before the /* part), as in Line -12. 1056 Line -2 orlog should be orloj. 1075 Line -3 Change Corman to Cormen.

1088 middle of second column Change Corman to Cormen.

back cover Line 7 after title theproblem should be the problem.