Decision Properties of Languages

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The discussion revolves around a user seeking validation for a table they created that outlines decision properties of various language classes, including Regular Languages (RL), Deterministic Context-Free Languages (DCFL), Context-Free Languages (CFL), Context-Sensitive Languages (CSL), and Recursively Enumerable Languages (RE). Participants express a lack of expertise in the topic, prompting requests for clarification on acronyms and the meanings of specific columns in the table. The columns include "Membership," which indicates whether it is decidable if a string belongs to a language; "L = ∅," which addresses the decidability of a language being empty; "L = Σ*," which pertains to the decidability of a language being infinite; "Is L1 = L2," which questions whether two languages are equal; and "Is L1 ⊆ L2," which examines if one language is a subset of another. The conversation highlights a need for further explanations to facilitate better understanding among participants.
22990atinesh said:
I'd trouble remembering decision properties of languages like Regular, CFL, RE, etc. So I made a table of it. Are all the entries of table correct or has some errors

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I don't think that we have much expertise in this somewhat esoteric area, which is probably why no one has responded.

You could help us out, though, but expanding the acronyms in your table.
RL = ?
DCFL = ?
CFL = ? (context-free language?)
CSL = ?
RE = ?

What does "Is L = ##\Phi ?## mean?
What do the other columns in the table mean?
What are L1 and L2?
 
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Mark44 said:
I don't think that we have much expertise in this somewhat esoteric area, which is probably why no one has responded.

You could help us out, though, but expanding the acronyms in your table.
RL = ?
DCFL = ?
CFL = ? (context-free language?)
CSL = ?
RE = ?

What does "Is L = ##\Phi ?## mean?
What do the other columns in the table mean?
What are L1 and L2?
Here
RL=Regular Languages
DCFL=Deterministic Context Free Languages
CFL=Context Free Languages
CSL=Context Sensitive Languages
RE=Recursively Enumerable Languages

##1^{st}## Column "Membership" corresponding to a particular row says that, is it decidable that a given string belong to a given language.

##2^{nd}## Column "##L=\phi##" corresponding to a particular row says that, is it decidable that a given language empty or not "i.e Emptiness Test".

##3^{rd}## Column "##L=\sum##*" corresponding to a particular row says that, is it decidable that a given language infinite.

##4^{th}## Column "Is ##L_1=L_2##" corresponding to a particular row says that, is it decidable that a given languages ##L_1, L_2## are equal.

##5^{th}## Column "Is ##L_1 \subset L_2##" corresponding to a particular row says, is it decidable that a given language ##L_1## a subset of another given language ##L_2##.
 
Thank you. Your question deals with things I don't know much about, but maybe the clarifications will help others to provide you with some insight.
 
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