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While formal language theory usually concerns itself with formal languages that are described by some syntactic rules, the actual definition of the concept "formal language" is only as above: a (possibly infinite) set of finite-length strings composed from a given alphabet, no more and no less. In
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Formal languages are used as tools in multiple disciplines. However, formal language theory rarely concerns itself with particular languages (except as examples), but is mainly concerned with the study of various types of formalisms to describe languages. For instance, a language can be given as
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However, even over a finite (non-empty) alphabet such as Σ = {a, b} there are an infinite number of finite-length words that can potentially be expressed: "a", "abb", "ababba", "aaababbbbaab", .... Therefore, formal languages are typically infinite, and describing an infinite
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may be closer to the intuitive concept of a "language", one described by syntactic rules. By an abuse of the definition, a particular formal language is often thought of as being accompanied with a formal grammar that describes it.
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Surprisingly often, the answer to these decision problems is "it cannot be done at all", or "it is extremely expensive" (with a characterization of how expensive). Therefore, formal language theory is a major application area of
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Certain operations on languages are common. This includes the standard set operations, such as union, intersection, and complement. Another class of operation is the element-wise application of string operations.
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of classes of languages. A class of languages is closed under a particular operation when the operation, applied to languages in the class, always produces a language in the same class again. For instance, the
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of Σ, that is, a set of words over that alphabet. Sometimes the sets of words are grouped into expressions, whereas rules and constraints may be formulated for the creation of 'well-formed expressions'.
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Of course, compilers do more than just parse the source code – they usually translate it into some executable format. Because of this, a parser usually outputs more than a yes/no answer, typically an
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one expression from one or more other expressions. Although a formal language can be identified with its formulas, a formal system cannot be likewise identified by its theorems. Two formal systems
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number of elements; however, most definitions in formal language theory specify alphabets with a finite number of elements, and many results apply only to them. It often makes sense to use an
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one can combine two words to form a new word, whose length is the sum of the lengths of the original words. The result of concatenating a word with the empty word is the original word.
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may have all the same theorems and yet differ in some significant proof-theoretic way (a formula A may be a syntactic consequence of a formula B in one but not another for instance).
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aspects of such languages—that is, their internal structural patterns. Formal language theory sprang out of linguistics, as a way of understanding the syntactic regularities of
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and formalized versions of subsets of natural languages, in which the words of the language represent concepts that are associated with meanings or
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developed the Backus-Naur form to describe the syntax of a high level programming language, following his work in the creation of
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What is their recognizability? (How difficult is it to decide whether a given word belongs to a language described by formalism
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is often expressed using an alphabet that, besides symbols such as ∧, ¬, ∀ and parentheses, contains infinitely many elements
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is the philosophy that all of mathematics can be reduced to the syntactic manipulation of formal languages in this way.
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the set of syntactically correct programs in a given programming language (the syntax of which is usually defined by a
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For finite languages, one can explicitly enumerate all well-formed words. For example, we can describe a language 
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This article is about a technical term in mathematics and computer science. For any formal type of language usage, see
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Drafts of some chapters in the "Handbook of Formal Language Theory", Vol. 1–3, G. Rozenberg and A. Salomaa (eds.),
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What is their comparability? (How difficult is it to decide whether two languages, one described in formalism
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published four papers relating to words and language between 1906 and 1914. The last of these introduced what
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Any language in each category is generated by a grammar and by an automaton in the category in the same line.
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In the first half of the 20th century, several developments were made with relevance to formal languages.
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based on the expressive power of their generative grammar as well as the complexity of their recognizing
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In computer science, formal languages are used, among others, as the basis for defining the grammar of
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Sobre un sistema de notaciones y símbolos destinados a facilitar la descripción de las máquinas, (pdf)
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introduced a formal language for the description of mechanical drawings (mechanical devices), in
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the set {the, set, of, maximal, strings, alphanumeric, ASCII, characters, on, this, line, i, e}.
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Structure of the syntactically well-formed, although thoroughly nonsensical, English sentence,
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Every nonempty string that does not contain "+" or "=" and does not start with "0" is in 
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is a finite sequence of well-formed formulas (which may be interpreted as sentences, or
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called words. Words that belong to a particular formal language are sometimes called
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studies the most common closure properties of language families in their own right.
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if and only if there is exactly one "=", and it separates two valid strings of 
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attempted to realize Leibniz's ideas, through a notational system first outlined in
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that give meaning to the elements of the language. For instance, in mathematical
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devised an abstract representation of formal and natural languages, known as the
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for a formula is an interpretation of terms such that the formula becomes true.
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are in the language family given by the column). After Hopcroft and Ullman.
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if and only if every "+" in the string separates two valid strings of 
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practice, there are many languages that can be described by rules, such as
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that asks a sequence of related YES/NO questions) produces the answer YES.
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are known to be closed under union, concatenation, and intersection with
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over the alphabet Σ = {0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, +, =}:
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Formal languages are entirely syntactic in nature, but may be given
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In computer science and mathematics, which do not usually deal with
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times (this is the set of words consisting only of the symbol "a");
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The alphabet of a formal language consists of symbols, letters, or
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was the secretary/editor for the ALGOL60 Report in which he used
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Algebraic and automata theoretic properties of formal languages
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in the usual sense of the word, or more generally any finite
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later termed 'Thue Systems', and gave an early example of an
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Each category of languages, except those marked by a , is a
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consists of all strings that are contained in both languages
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are defined as the sets of the formal languages that can be
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Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation
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The study of interpretations of formal languages is called
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provide a good compromise between expressivity and ease of
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ranges over the natural numbers and "a" means "a" repeated
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Typical questions asked about such formalisms include:
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assigns a meaning to each of the formulas—usually, a
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Under these rules, the string "23+4=555" is in 
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The following rules describe a formal language 
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The universal Turing machine: a half-century survey
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2156: 2152: 2147: 2143: 2132: 2126: 2125: 2122: 2119: 2116: 2113: 2110: 2107: 2104: 2093: 2088: 2084: 2080: 2077: 2074: 2069: 2065: 2061: 2058: 2055: 2052: 2049: 2046: 2041: 2037: 2033: 2028: 2024: 2013: 2007: 2006: 2001: 1996: 1991: 1986: 1981: 1976: 1971: 1969: 1950: 1946: 1923: 1919: 1896: 1892: 1869: 1865: 1822: 1821: 1816: 1815: 1814: 1802: 1799: 1796: 1793: 1790: 1785: 1781: 1777: 1774: 1769: 1765: 1744: 1733: 1719: 1715: 1711: 1706: 1702: 1698: 1693: 1689: 1666: 1662: 1658: 1655: 1652: 1647: 1643: 1620: 1616: 1612: 1607: 1603: 1599: 1596: 1585: 1573: 1570: 1565: 1561: 1539: 1532: 1518: 1514: 1493: 1473: 1451: 1447: 1424: 1420: 1416: 1402: 1388: 1384: 1361: 1357: 1334: 1330: 1326: 1321: 1317: 1302: 1288: 1284: 1263: 1241: 1237: 1216: 1196: 1193: 1171: 1167: 1163: 1158: 1154: 1124: 1102: 1098: 1075: 1071: 1054: 1051: 1018: 1017: 1002: 995: 980: 979: 968: 961:Turing machine 953: 946: 943:formal grammar 933: 930: 929: 928: 916: 913:Turing machine 909: 902: 888: 856:empty language 839: 836: 816: 815: 808: 797: 786: 779: 763: 760: 755:formal grammar 722: 719: 640: 637: 535: 534: 514: 512: 501: 498: 424:formal grammar 399:formal grammar 335: 334: 332: 331: 324: 317: 309: 306: 305: 302: 301: 296: 291: 286: 281: 276: 271: 266: 261: 256: 254:Formal methods 250: 246: 245: 244: 241: 240: 237: 236: 234:Atomic formula 231: 226: 221: 216: 211: 206: 204:Formation rule 201: 199:Formal grammar 196: 191: 186: 181: 176: 170: 166: 165: 164: 161: 160: 154: 153: 139: 138: 53: 51: 44: 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 6494: 6483: 6480: 6478: 6475: 6473: 6470: 6469: 6467: 6454: 6453: 6448: 6440: 6434: 6431: 6429: 6426: 6424: 6421: 6419: 6416: 6412: 6409: 6408: 6407: 6404: 6402: 6399: 6397: 6394: 6392: 6388: 6385: 6383: 6380: 6378: 6375: 6373: 6370: 6368: 6365: 6364: 6362: 6358: 6352: 6349: 6347: 6344: 6342: 6341:Recursive set 6339: 6337: 6334: 6332: 6329: 6327: 6324: 6322: 6319: 6315: 6312: 6310: 6307: 6305: 6302: 6300: 6297: 6295: 6292: 6291: 6290: 6287: 6285: 6282: 6280: 6277: 6275: 6272: 6270: 6267: 6265: 6262: 6261: 6259: 6257: 6253: 6247: 6244: 6242: 6239: 6237: 6234: 6232: 6229: 6227: 6224: 6222: 6219: 6217: 6214: 6210: 6207: 6205: 6202: 6200: 6197: 6196: 6195: 6192: 6190: 6187: 6185: 6182: 6180: 6177: 6175: 6172: 6170: 6167: 6163: 6160: 6159: 6158: 6155: 6151: 6150:of arithmetic 6148: 6147: 6146: 6143: 6139: 6136: 6134: 6131: 6129: 6126: 6124: 6121: 6119: 6116: 6115: 6114: 6111: 6107: 6104: 6102: 6099: 6098: 6097: 6094: 6093: 6091: 6089: 6085: 6079: 6076: 6074: 6071: 6069: 6066: 6064: 6061: 6058: 6057:from ZFC 6054: 6051: 6049: 6046: 6040: 6037: 6036: 6035: 6032: 6030: 6027: 6025: 6022: 6021: 6020: 6017: 6015: 6012: 6010: 6007: 6005: 6002: 6000: 5997: 5995: 5992: 5990: 5987: 5986: 5984: 5982: 5978: 5968: 5967: 5963: 5962: 5957: 5956:non-Euclidean 5954: 5950: 5947: 5945: 5942: 5940: 5939: 5935: 5934: 5932: 5929: 5928: 5926: 5922: 5918: 5915: 5913: 5910: 5909: 5908: 5904: 5900: 5897: 5896: 5895: 5891: 5887: 5884: 5882: 5879: 5877: 5874: 5872: 5869: 5867: 5864: 5862: 5859: 5858: 5856: 5852: 5851: 5849: 5844: 5838: 5833:Example  5830: 5822: 5817: 5816: 5815: 5812: 5810: 5807: 5803: 5800: 5798: 5795: 5793: 5790: 5788: 5785: 5784: 5783: 5780: 5778: 5775: 5773: 5770: 5768: 5765: 5761: 5758: 5756: 5753: 5752: 5751: 5748: 5744: 5741: 5739: 5736: 5734: 5731: 5729: 5726: 5725: 5724: 5721: 5719: 5716: 5712: 5709: 5707: 5704: 5702: 5699: 5698: 5697: 5694: 5690: 5687: 5685: 5682: 5680: 5677: 5675: 5672: 5670: 5667: 5665: 5662: 5661: 5660: 5657: 5655: 5652: 5650: 5647: 5645: 5642: 5638: 5635: 5633: 5630: 5628: 5625: 5623: 5620: 5619: 5618: 5615: 5613: 5610: 5608: 5605: 5603: 5600: 5596: 5593: 5591: 5590:by definition 5588: 5587: 5586: 5583: 5579: 5576: 5575: 5574: 5571: 5569: 5566: 5564: 5561: 5559: 5556: 5554: 5551: 5550: 5547: 5544: 5542: 5538: 5533: 5527: 5523: 5513: 5510: 5508: 5505: 5503: 5500: 5498: 5495: 5493: 5490: 5488: 5485: 5483: 5480: 5478: 5477:Kripke–Platek 5475: 5473: 5470: 5466: 5463: 5461: 5458: 5457: 5456: 5453: 5452: 5450: 5446: 5438: 5435: 5434: 5433: 5430: 5428: 5425: 5421: 5418: 5417: 5416: 5413: 5411: 5408: 5406: 5403: 5401: 5398: 5396: 5393: 5390: 5386: 5382: 5379: 5375: 5372: 5370: 5367: 5365: 5362: 5361: 5360: 5356: 5353: 5352: 5350: 5348: 5344: 5340: 5332: 5329: 5327: 5324: 5322: 5321:constructible 5319: 5318: 5317: 5314: 5312: 5309: 5307: 5304: 5302: 5299: 5297: 5294: 5292: 5289: 5287: 5284: 5282: 5279: 5277: 5274: 5272: 5269: 5267: 5264: 5262: 5259: 5257: 5254: 5253: 5251: 5249: 5244: 5236: 5233: 5231: 5228: 5226: 5223: 5221: 5218: 5216: 5213: 5211: 5208: 5207: 5205: 5201: 5198: 5196: 5193: 5192: 5191: 5188: 5186: 5183: 5181: 5178: 5176: 5173: 5171: 5167: 5163: 5161: 5158: 5154: 5151: 5150: 5149: 5146: 5145: 5142: 5139: 5137: 5133: 5123: 5120: 5118: 5115: 5113: 5110: 5108: 5105: 5103: 5100: 5098: 5095: 5091: 5088: 5087: 5086: 5083: 5079: 5074: 5073: 5072: 5069: 5068: 5066: 5064: 5060: 5052: 5049: 5047: 5044: 5042: 5039: 5038: 5037: 5034: 5032: 5029: 5027: 5024: 5022: 5019: 5017: 5014: 5012: 5009: 5007: 5004: 5003: 5001: 4999: 4998:Propositional 4995: 4989: 4986: 4984: 4981: 4979: 4976: 4974: 4971: 4969: 4966: 4964: 4961: 4957: 4954: 4953: 4952: 4949: 4947: 4944: 4942: 4939: 4937: 4934: 4932: 4929: 4927: 4926:Logical truth 4924: 4922: 4919: 4918: 4916: 4914: 4910: 4907: 4905: 4901: 4895: 4892: 4890: 4887: 4885: 4882: 4880: 4877: 4875: 4872: 4870: 4866: 4862: 4858: 4856: 4853: 4851: 4848: 4846: 4842: 4839: 4838: 4836: 4834: 4828: 4823: 4817: 4814: 4812: 4809: 4807: 4804: 4802: 4799: 4797: 4794: 4792: 4789: 4787: 4784: 4782: 4779: 4777: 4774: 4772: 4769: 4767: 4764: 4762: 4759: 4755: 4752: 4751: 4750: 4747: 4746: 4744: 4740: 4736: 4729: 4724: 4722: 4717: 4715: 4710: 4709: 4706: 4691: 4690:proper subset 4684: 4673: 4670: 4668: 4665: 4663: 4660: 4658: 4655: 4653: 4650: 4648: 4645: 4643: 4640: 4638: 4634: 4632: 4629: 4627: 4624: 4621: 4618: 4616: 4613: 4611: 4608: 4606: 4603: 4602: 4600: 4595: 4592: 4590: 4587: 4585: 4582: 4580: 4577: 4575: 4572: 4570: 4567: 4565: 4562: 4560: 4557: 4554: 4552: 4549: 4546: 4541: 4539: 4536: 4534: 4531: 4529: 4526: 4525: 4523: 4518: 4517:Non-recursive 4515: 4512: 4510: 4507: 4505: 4502: 4500: 4497: 4495: 4492: 4490: 4487: 4485: 4482: 4479: 4477: 4474: 4471: 4466: 4464: 4461: 4458: 4456: 4453: 4452: 4450: 4444: 4441: 4438: 4435: 4432: 4429: 4426: 4423: 4420: 4417: 4414: 4411: 4408: 4405: 4404: 4402: 4401: 4398: 4395: 4393: 4390: 4388: 4385: 4383: 4380: 4379: 4374: 4370: 4366: 4362: 4355: 4350: 4348: 4343: 4341: 4336: 4335: 4332: 4324: 4320: 4318: 4314: 4312: 4308: 4306: 4302: 4300: 4296: 4294: 4290: 4288: 4284: 4282: 4278: 4277: 4275: 4271: 4268: 4264: 4261: 4258:James Power, 4257: 4255: 4251: 4248: 4244: 4240: 4239: 4234: 4230: 4229: 4225: 4219: 4218:0-442-08072-7 4215: 4211: 4207: 4204: 4203:3-540-61486-9 4200: 4196: 4192: 4188: 4185: 4181: 4175: 4171: 4167: 4163: 4159: 4155: 4151: 4148: 4144: 4141: 4138: 4137:0-7204-2506-9 4134: 4130: 4126: 4123: 4120: 4119:0-521-21838-1 4116: 4112: 4108: 4104: 4103: 4098: 4097: 4091: 4089:81-7808-347-7 4085: 4081: 4080: 4075: 4071: 4067: 4066: 4061: 4060: 4056: 4048: 4043: 4040: 4027: 4021: 4018: 4013: 4009: 4004: 3999: 3995: 3991: 3987: 3983: 3979: 3972: 3969: 3964: 3958: 3954: 3950: 3943: 3940: 3936: 3930: 3927: 3914: 3908: 3905: 3889: 3882: 3876: 3873: 3868: 3862: 3858: 3854: 3847: 3844: 3831: 3825: 3822: 3809: 3803: 3800: 3796: 3792: 3790:9781848820500 3786: 3782: 3778: 3774: 3773: 3764: 3761: 3754: 3749: 3738: 3731: 3724: 3720: 3717:For example, 3714: 3711: 3704: 3700: 3697: 3695: 3692: 3690: 3687: 3685: 3682: 3680: 3679:Formal method 3677: 3675: 3672: 3671: 3667: 3665: 3663: 3659: 3655: 3651: 3646: 3644: 3640: 3636: 3632: 3626: 3622: 3618: 3610: 3608: 3606: 3602: 3598: 3594: 3589: 3572: 3528: 3524: 3520: 3516: 3512: 3508: 3504: 3500: 3499:formal system 3495: 3493: 3489: 3488:formal theory 3485: 3477: 3473: 3469: 3465: 3464:formal system 3461: 3456: 3451: 3450:Formal system 3447: 3439: 3437: 3435: 3431: 3427: 3423: 3419: 3414: 3411: 3406: 3402: 3398: 3394: 3390: 3386: 3380: 3374: 3370: 3362: 3357: 3348: 3345: 3342: 3339: 3336: 3333: 3330: 3313: 3310: 3307: 3304: 3301: 3298: 3295: 3292: 3289: 3283: 3280: 3277: 3274: 3267: 3253: 3246: 3242: 3241: 3237: 3234: 3231: 3228: 3225: 3222: 3219: 3202: 3199: 3196: 3193: 3188: 3184: 3177: 3172: 3168: 3160: 3157: 3156: 3152: 3149: 3146: 3143: 3140: 3137: 3134: 3117: 3109: 3106: 3102: 3094: 3090: 3086: 3083: 3079: 3075: 3067: 3063: 3054: 3051: 3047: 3039: 3023: 3020: 3016: 3007: 3006: 3002: 2999: 2996: 2993: 2990: 2987: 2984: 2965: 2961: 2954: 2951: 2948: 2945: 2937: 2933: 2926: 2919: 2915: 2911: 2906: 2902: 2898: 2893: 2889: 2884: 2880: 2872: 2868: 2861: 2854: 2840: 2833:Substitution 2832: 2831: 2827: 2824: 2821: 2818: 2815: 2812: 2809: 2790: 2786: 2782: 2779: 2776: 2770: 2764: 2758: 2750: 2746: 2739: 2732: 2718: 2710: 2709: 2705: 2702: 2699: 2696: 2693: 2690: 2687: 2668: 2664: 2660: 2657: 2654: 2648: 2642: 2636: 2628: 2624: 2617: 2610: 2596: 2588: 2587: 2583: 2580: 2577: 2574: 2571: 2568: 2565: 2546: 2541: 2537: 2533: 2530: 2527: 2522: 2518: 2514: 2511: 2508: 2505: 2502: 2496: 2490: 2484: 2479: 2474: 2470: 2462: 2459: 2458: 2454: 2451: 2448: 2445: 2442: 2439: 2436: 2417: 2413: 2409: 2406: 2403: 2398: 2394: 2390: 2387: 2384: 2381: 2378: 2372: 2367: 2363: 2359: 2354: 2350: 2342: 2340: 2339:Concatenation 2337: 2336: 2332: 2329: 2326: 2323: 2320: 2317: 2314: 2295: 2291: 2287: 2284: 2281: 2278: 2272: 2267: 2263: 2252: 2250: 2247: 2246: 2242: 2239: 2236: 2233: 2230: 2227: 2224: 2205: 2201: 2197: 2194: 2191: 2186: 2182: 2178: 2175: 2172: 2169: 2163: 2158: 2154: 2150: 2145: 2141: 2133: 2131: 2128: 2127: 2123: 2120: 2117: 2114: 2111: 2108: 2105: 2086: 2082: 2078: 2075: 2072: 2067: 2063: 2059: 2056: 2053: 2050: 2044: 2039: 2035: 2031: 2026: 2022: 2014: 2012: 2009: 2008: 2005: 2002: 2000: 1997: 1995: 1992: 1990: 1987: 1985: 1982: 1980: 1977: 1975: 1972: 1970: 1967: 1966: 1948: 1944: 1921: 1917: 1894: 1890: 1867: 1863: 1852: 1851: 1850: 1848: 1844: 1840: 1836: 1831: 1827: 1820: 1817: 1797: 1794: 1791: 1788: 1783: 1779: 1772: 1767: 1763: 1742: 1734: 1717: 1713: 1709: 1704: 1700: 1696: 1691: 1687: 1664: 1660: 1656: 1653: 1650: 1645: 1641: 1618: 1614: 1610: 1605: 1601: 1597: 1594: 1586: 1571: 1568: 1563: 1559: 1550: 1546: 1545: 1543: 1540: 1537: 1533: 1516: 1512: 1449: 1445: 1422: 1418: 1407: 1403: 1386: 1382: 1359: 1355: 1332: 1328: 1324: 1319: 1315: 1307: 1303: 1286: 1282: 1261: 1239: 1235: 1214: 1194: 1191: 1169: 1165: 1161: 1156: 1152: 1144: 1143: 1142:concatenation 1138: 1137: 1136: 1100: 1096: 1073: 1069: 1059: 1052: 1050: 1048: 1044: 1040: 1036: 1032: 1028: 1024: 1015: 1011: 1007: 1003: 1000: 996: 993: 989: 985: 984: 983: 977: 973: 969: 966: 962: 958: 954: 951: 947: 944: 940: 939: 938: 931: 924: 921: 917: 914: 910: 907: 903: 900: 896: 889: 887:words over Σ; 886: 879: 878: 877: 875: 869: 866: 863: =  857: 853: 838:Constructions 837: 835: 833: 829: 825: 809: 798: 787: 780: 773: 772: 771: 761: 759: 756: 752: 748: 742: 740: 735: 732: 728: 720: 718: 716: 712: 708: 704: 699: 697: 696:concatenation 693: 689: 685: 681: 676: 674: 670: 666: 662: 658: 654: 650: 646: 638: 636: 634: 630: 626: 622: 618: 614: 610: 608: 604: 603:Heinz Zemanek 600: 596: 591: 589: 585: 581: 577: 572: 570: 569: 564: 563:Gottlob Frege 560: 558: 554: 550: 546: 542: 531: 522: 518: 515:This section 513: 510: 506: 505: 499: 497: 495: 491: 487: 484:The field of 482: 480: 476: 472: 468: 464: 460: 456: 452: 448: 444: 439: 437: 433: 429: 425: 421: 420: 415: 411: 407: 402: 400: 396: 392: 388: 384: 380: 376: 372: 368: 364: 356: 352: 348: 343: 339: 330: 325: 323: 318: 316: 311: 310: 308: 307: 300: 297: 295: 292: 290: 287: 285: 282: 280: 277: 275: 272: 270: 267: 265: 262: 260: 257: 255: 252: 251: 243: 242: 235: 232: 230: 227: 225: 222: 220: 217: 215: 212: 210: 207: 205: 202: 200: 197: 195: 192: 190: 187: 185: 182: 180: 177: 175: 174:Formal system 172: 171: 163: 162: 159: 155: 151: 150: 145: 144: 135: 132: 124: 113: 110: 106: 103: 99: 96: 92: 89: 85: 82: –  81: 77: 76:Find sources: 70: 66: 60: 59: 54:This article 52: 48: 43: 42: 37: 33: 19: 6443: 6241:Ultraproduct 6088:Model theory 6053:Independence 5989:Formal proof 5981:Proof theory 5964: 5937: 5894:real numbers 5866:second-order 5777:Substitution 5654:Metalanguage 5648: 5595:conservative 5568:Axiom schema 5536: 5512:Constructive 5482:Morse–Kelley 5448:Set theories 5427:Aleph number 5420:inaccessible 5326:Grothendieck 5210:intersection 5097:Higher-order 5085:Second-order 5031:Truth tables 4988:Venn diagram 4771:Formal proof 4626:Nested stack 4569:Context-free 4494:Context-free 4455:Unrestricted 4391: 4364: 4236: 4209: 4194: 4191:Arto Salomaa 4157: 4146: 4128: 4106: 4077: 4042: 4030:. 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