Editorial Reviews
Review
Lawson's book … is well written, self-contained, and quite extensive. The material is fully explained, with many examples fully discussed, and with many and varied exercises. … Students using this book will get a broad education in finite-automata theory.
- SIAM Review
[This book] is a nice textbook intended for an undergraduate lecture. … All presented results are illustrated by many simple examples. … The book is self-contained and easy to read. It can be recommended as a textbook for undergraduate lectures about finite automata.
- EMS Newsletter
Book Description
Interest in semigroup theory and automata is currently on the rise, and the ideas of finite automata are becoming more accepted by the mathematical community. The time is now right to begin introducing those ideas to upper-level students in both mathematics and theoretical computer science. This book--the first of its kind--presents a well-motivated introduction to finite automata and semigroup theory and that will serve as a firm foundation for those wishing to pursue the many applications of finite automata in mathematics, such as combinatorial group theory and symbolic dynamics, or in theoretical computer science. The author develops the underlying algebra gently but rigorously and includes more than 200 exercises with hints and solutions.
Finite Automata
Finite Automata,Mark V. Lawson,Chapman & Hall/CRC,1584882557,Algebra - General,Applied,General,Logic,Machine theory,Mathematics,Science/Mathematics,Algebra,Applied mathematics,Mathematics / Combinatorics
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