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Symbolic Algorithms for Language Equivalence and Kleene Algebra with Tests
We first propose algorithms for checking language equivalence of finite
automata over a large alphabet. We use symbolic automata, where the transition
function is compactly represented using a (multi-terminal) binary decision
diagrams (BDD). The key idea consists in computing a bisimulation by exploring
reachable pairs symbolically, so as to avoid redundancies. This idea can be
combined with already existing optimisations, and we show in particular a nice
integration with the disjoint sets forest data-structure from Hopcroft and
Karp's standard algorithm. Then we consider Kleene algebra with tests (KAT), an
algebraic theory that can be used for verification in various domains ranging
from compiler optimisation to network programming analysis. This theory is
decidable by reduction to language equivalence of automata on guarded strings,
a particular kind of automata that have exponentially large alphabets. We
propose several methods allowing to construct symbolic automata out of KAT
expressions, based either on Brzozowski's derivatives or standard automata
constructions. All in all, this results in efficient algorithms for deciding
equivalence of KAT expressions
Complex Algebras of Arithmetic
An 'arithmetic circuit' is a labeled, acyclic directed graph specifying a
sequence of arithmetic and logical operations to be performed on sets of
natural numbers. Arithmetic circuits can also be viewed as the elements of the
smallest subalgebra of the complex algebra of the semiring of natural numbers.
In the present paper, we investigate the algebraic structure of complex
algebras of natural numbers, and make some observations regarding the
complexity of various theories of such algebras
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