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Title of object: standard enumeration
Canonical Name: 1rbraceStandardEnumerationOfLbrace0
Type: Definition

Created on: 2003-04-05 17:43:12
Modified on: 2004-03-07 06:38:14

Creator: mathcam
Modifier: mathcam
Author: yark
Author: xiaoyanggu

Classification: msc:03-XX, msc:68-XX
Keywords: standard enumeration, language, characteristic function, characteristic sequence
Defines: characteristic function, characteristic sequence
Synonyms: standard enumeration=lexicographic enumeration

Revision comment (for changes between this and next version):

Changes for correction #6007 ('reclassify').

Preamble:

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\usepackage{amsmath}
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Content:

\PMlinkescapeword{natural}
\PMlinkescapeword{order}

The \emph{standard enumeration} of $\lbrace 0,1\rbrace ^{*}$ is the sequence of strings $s_0 =\lambda$, $s_1 = 0$, $s_2 = 1$, $s_3 = 00$, $s_4 = 01$, $\cdots$ in lexicographic order.

The characteristic function of a language $A$ is $\chi_{A}:\mathbb{N}\rightarrow \lbrace 0, 1\rbrace$ such that
\[\chi_{A}(n)=\begin{cases}
1,\text{ if }s_n \in A\\
0,\text{ if }s_n \notin A.
\end{cases}\]
The characteristic sequence of a language $A$ (also denoted as $\chi_A$) is the concatenation of the values of the characteristic function in the natural order.