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    Generating all permutations by context-free grammars in Chomsky normal form

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    Let Ln be the finite language of all n! strings that are permutations of n different symbols (n1). We consider context-free grammars Gn in Chomsky normal form that generate Ln. In particular we study a few families {Gn}n1, satisfying L(Gn)=Ln for n1, with respect to their descriptional complexity, i.e. we determine the number of nonterminal symbols and the number of production rules of Gn as functions of n

    Generating All Permutations by Context-Free Grammars in Greibach Normal Form

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    We consider context-free grammars GnG_n in Greibach normal form and, particularly, in Greibach mm-form (m=1,2m=1,2) which generates the finite language LnL_n of all n!n! strings that are permutations of nn different symbols (nā‰„1n\geq 1). These grammars are investigated with respect to their descriptional complexity, i.e., we determine the number of nonterminal symbols and the number of production rules of GnG_n as functions of nn. As in the case of Chomsky normal form these descriptional complexity measures grow faster than any polynomial function

    A note on a problem in the theory of grammatical complexity

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