Question: Show, step by step, how the following pushdown automaton - - that checks whether a word consisting of letters S and R corresponds to a
Show, step by step, how the following pushdown automaton that checks whether a word consisting of letters S and R corresponds to a situation in which there are at least twice as many rest hours as study hours will accept the word RSR This pushdown automaton has three main states:
the starting state s
the working state w and
the final state f
and several intermediate states.
In the stack, in addition to the bottom symbol $ we have:
either one or several Ns indicating the difference between twice the number of study hours and the number of rest hours so far if this difference is positive
or one or several Rs indicating the difference between the number of rest hours and twice the number of study hours if this difference is positive
The transitions are as follows:
From s to w the transition is epsi epsi $
From w to f the transition is: epsi epsi epsi
From f to f we have two transitions: epsi R epsi and epsi $ epsi
From w to w we have the following transitions:
If we see the symbol R and $ is on top of the stack, we keep the dollar sign and add R to the stack, ie we have transition R $ $ that brings us to an intermediate state a and then the transition epsi epsi R that brings us back to the working state.
If we see the symbol R and R is on top of the stack, we keep the top R and add another R to the stack, ie we have transition R R R that brings us to an intermediate state a and then the transition epsi epsi R that brings us back to the working state.
If we see the symbol R and N is on top of the stack, we delete the top N ie we have transition R N epsi
If we see the symbol S and $ is on top of the stack, we keep the dollar sign and add two Ns to the stack, ie we have transition S $ $ that brings us to an intermediate state a then the transition epsi epsi N that brings us to an intermediate state a and then the transition epsi epsi N that brings us back to the working state.
If we see the symbol S and N is on top of the stack, we keep the top N and add two more Ns to the stack, ie we have transition S N N that brings us to an intermediate state a then the transition epsi epsi N that brings us to an intermediate state a and finally the transition epsi epsi N that brings us back to the working state.
If we see the symbol S and R is on top of the stack, we first delete the top R from the stack, ie we have transition S R epsi and move to an intermediate state a
If in this state, we see R on top of stack, we delete this R and go back to the working state; the transition is epsi R epsi
if in this state, we see $ on top of the stack, we add N ie first we apply the transition epsi $ epsi and go to the intermediate state a and then we apply the transition epsi epsi N and go to the working state.
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