Question: Consider the following identities for regular expressions; some are false and some are true. Decide which and in case it is false to provide the
Consider the following identities for regular expressions; some are false and some are true. Decide which and in case it is false to provide the correct counterexample.
(a) R(S+T)=RS+RT
(b) (R*)*=R*
(c) (R*S*)*=(R+S)*
(d) (R+S)*=R*+S*
(e) S(RS+S)*R=RR*S(RR*S)*
(f) (RS+R)*R=R(SR+R)*
a) (d) is false and a counterexample is:
R={ab},T={a}, S={b}
b) (c) is false and a counterexample is:
R={ab},T={b}, S={b}
c) (e) is true
d) (e) is false and a counterexample is:
R={a,},T={b}, S={a,}
What is the answer? Explain please
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