18.404J | Fall 2020 | Undergraduate, Graduate

Theory of Computation

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Lecture 10: Computation History Method

Description: Quickly reviewed last lecture. Defined configurations and computation histories. Gave the computation history method to prove undecidability. Showed that \(A_\bf{LBA}\) is decidable; \(E_\bf{LBA}\), \(PCP\), and \(ALL_\bf{CFG}\) are undecidable.

Instructor: Prof. Michael Sipser

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