A Connection between the Star Problem and the Finite Power Property in Trace Monoids

  • Authors:
  • Daniel Kirsten

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • ICAL '99 Proceedings of the 26th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

This paper deals with a connection between the star problem and the finite power problem in trace monoids. Both problems are decidable in trace monoids without C4 submonoid [21] but remain open in all other trace monoids. We show a connection between these problems. Assume two disjoint trace monoids M(Γ IΓ) and M(Δ IΔ). Assume further a recognizable language L ⊆ M(Γ IΓ)×M(Δ IΔ) such that every trace in L contains at least one letter in Γ and at least one letter in Δ. Our main theorem asserts that L* is recognizable iff L has the finite power property.