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An Introduction to Formal Languages and Automata, 5th Edition

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Book Overview

An Introduction to Formal Languages and Automata, Sixth Edition provides an accessible, student-friendly presentation of all material essential to an introductory Theory of Computation course. Written to address the fundamentals of formal languages, automata, and computability, the text is designed to familiarize students with the foundations and principles of computer science and to strengthen the students' ability to carry out formal and rigorous mathematical arguments. The author, Peter Linz, continues to offer a straightforward, uncomplicated treatment of formal languages and automata and avoids excessive mathematical detail allowing students to focus on and understand the key underlying principles. New & Key Features: - An accessible approach allows students to clearly understand key content while retaining the appropriate mathematical notations and theorems required for the course - New Chapter Synopsis, found at the end of each chapter, recap important concepts found in the text - Every major idea is preceded by a motivating example, drawn from applications, that introduces the concept and illustrates its usefulness - The exercise section has been restructured and improved with accessible exercises more closely tied to examples in the text - An enhanced Instructor's Manual includes more detailed solutions to problems found in the text This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Rated 5 stars
for the brainy one

Lot of review didn't like this book simply because it was "confusing", well this subject is inherently confused. I had to use this book for one of my course, and to my opinion is it a good book, it does a good job of explaining the concept, providing enough proof but not to the point that it bogged down the reader. If you put some effort in and actually think about all the concept/algorithm, you will like it much better, to...

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Rated 4 stars
A good introduction to a difficult topic

Peter Linz's "An Introduction to Formal Languages and Automata" does a pretty good job at what the title implies: providing introductory explanations of the field of formal languages and automata. By its nature, some of the concepts in this field are fairly obscure and to follow their power or relevance requires some mathematical training and rigor. (Translation: this stuff can be hard to grasp at first, particularly for...

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Rated 5 stars
Excellent!

This is really a good introduction for any student wishing to pursue a high-level career in computer science. A must-read.

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Rated 5 stars
A very good book

I have used this book for a course about automata and formal languages. I think the text is very good and can be easily understood. The exercises require some study and time, but i think it's good to let the student work. After all, by just reading something you've forgotten most of it after a few months. The proofs are not hard to understand, you should just grab a piece of paper and try to follow them. If some people...

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Rated 5 stars
A very good introduction indeed

Contrary to what some other reviewers claim, this book is perfectly suitable as a tutorial and course book for computer science and mathematics students at the academic level. It aims to lay a firm and necessary theoretical groundwork for various fields in software and hardware design. Its best quality perhaps is its potential to convey the ability to write sound formal proofs. The proofs are definitely *not* hard, with...

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