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The equivalence problem for n-tape finite automata with simple cycles

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The equivalence problem for 2-tape deterministic finite automata was shown decidable by Bird in 1973, for n-tapes the problem is still open. We show that it is decidable for the restricted class of simple automata. An n-tape deterministic finite automaton is simple if at most one cycle goes through each of its states.

This research was supported by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Grant. No. A-7403

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Culik, K., Linna, M. (1987). The equivalence problem for n-tape finite automata with simple cycles. In: Nori, K.V. (eds) Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science. FSTTCS 1987. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 287. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-18625-5_39

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