Nondeterministic one-tape off-line Turing machines and their time complexity

dc.creatorPighizzini, Giovanni
dc.date2009-05-08
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T13:13:05Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T13:13:05Z
dc.descriptionIn this paper we consider the time and the crossing sequence complexities of one-tape off-line Turing machines. We show that the running time of each nondeterministic machine accepting a nonregular language must grow at least as n\log n, in the case all accepting computations are considered (accept measure). We also prove that the maximal length of the crossing sequences used in accepting computations must grow at least as \log n. On the other hand, it is known that if the time is measured considering, for each accepted string, only the faster accepting computation (weak measure), then there exist nonregular languages accepted in linear time. We prove that under this measure, each accepting computation should exhibit a crossing sequence of length at least \log\log n. We also present efficient implementations of algorithms accepting some unary nonregular languages.
dc.description18 pages. The paper will appear on the Journal of Automata, Languages and Combinatorics
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0905.1271
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0905.1271
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/229776
dc.subjectFormal Languages and Automata Theory
dc.subjectComputational Complexity
dc.subjectF.1.1; F.1.2; F.1.3; F.2.3; F.4.3
dc.titleNondeterministic one-tape off-line Turing machines and their time complexity
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