On the asymptotic enumeration of accessible automataArticleAuthors: Elcio Lebensztayn
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0000-0002-2911-0049
Elcio Lebensztayn
- 1 Institute of Mathematics and Statistics [Sao Paulo]
Automata, Logic and Semantics
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We simplify the known formula for the asymptotic estimate of the number of deterministic and accessible automata with n states over a k-letter alphabet. The proof relies on the theory of Lagrange inversion applied in the context of generalized binomial series.
Volume: Vol. 12 no. 3
Section: Automata, Logic and Semantics
Published on: January 1, 2010
Imported on: March 26, 2015
Keywords: [INFO.INFO-DM]Computer Science [cs]/Discrete Mathematics [cs.DM], [en] asymptotic enumeration, finite automata, Lagrange series, generalized binomial series