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Automata and Logic

master program

VO2 + PS2  WS 2025/2026  703302 + 703303

Content

The course covers automata theory and its connection to logic. The following topics will be discussed:

Schedule

week date topics slides exercises solutions
01 06.10 & 10.10 deterministic finite automata, closure properties
02 13.10 non-determinism, epsilon transitions
03 20.10 & 24.10 regular expressions, homomorphisms
04 27.10 & 31.10 minimization, weak monadic second-order logic
05 03.11 & 07.11 weak monadic second-order logic, Myhill-Nerode relations
06 10.11 & 14.11 weak monadic second-order logic
07 17.11 & 21.11 Presburger arithmetic
08 24.11 & 28.11 Büchi automata
09 01.12 & 05.12 & 12.02 Büchi automata, complementation, monadic second-order logic
10 15.12 & 09.01 generalized Büchi automata, linear-time temporal logic
11 12.01 & 16.01 LTL model checking
12 19.01 & 23.01 alternating (Büchi) automata, LTL model checking
13 26.01 & 30.01 exam practice
02.02 1st exam

Literature

Slides and solutions to selected exercises will be made available online. Accompanying literature will be provided.