BASIC NOTATIONS AND REPRESENTATIONS IN AUTOMATA THEORY Symbol – a,b,c , ……. 0,1,2,……. +,-,#,%, ….. Special character Alphabet Σ (sigma) is a collection of symbols Example 1. Σ ={0,1} is a set of binary numbers 2. Σ ={ a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i,j ………z} is a set of lower case letters 3. Σ = {+,-$,%,^,&} is a set of special characters Strings is a collection of symbols over alphabet Σ ={ a,b } in this language the strings are strings = a,b,ab,ba,aa,bb,aaa,bbb ,………. Language L is a set of all strings over alphabet L={ a,b,aa,bb,aaa,bbb,aaaa,bbbb } Example What is a language that accepts strings of length 2 over Σ ={0,1} Solution L2={00,01,10,11} L3={000,001,010,011,100,101,110,111}