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Pumping Lemma and Non-Regular Languages
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The pumping lemma for regular languages as a tool to prove languages non-regular. Common examples (aⁿbⁿ, primes, equality of counts). Myhill–Nerode theorem (optional/light) for a complete characterization and minimization intuition. Limits of finite memory.
Goal
State and correctly apply the regular pumping lemma (including choosing decompositions and contradictions); prove standard languages non-regular; explain why finite automata cannot count unboundedly or match nested structure.
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