LIPIcs - Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics. 44th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science (MFCS 2019)
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Abstract
We propose a new pumping technique for 2-dimensional vector addition systems with states (2-VASS) building on natural geometric properties of runs. We illustrate its applicability by reproving an exponential bound on the length of the shortest accepting run, and by proving a new pumping lemma for languages of 2-VASS. The technique is expected to be useful for settling questions concerning languages of 2-VASS, e.g., for establishing decidability status of the regular separability problem
