ALEX is the set of valid algebraic expressions recursively defined by:
(1 pt) Let x and y be two words (both different than the empty string) and xy is their concatenation. Show that if x, y and xy are all in PALINDROME, then there is a word z such that x= zn and y=zm for some integers n and m.
(1 pt) Let S={ab, bb} and T={ab, bb, bbb}. Show that S≠T but that S⊂T.
(1 pt) Write the regular expression for the language of all strings, over alphabet {a, b}, that end in a double letter, i.e. ending in aa or bb but not ab or ba
(1 pt) Draw Deterministic Finite Automata to accept the following sets of strings, over the alphabet {0,1}, that contain exactly four 0s (not necessarily consecutive zeros)
Rule 1: All polynomials are in ALEX

Rule 2: If f(x) and g(x) are in ALEX, then so are:

(f(x))
-(f(x))
f(x) + g(x)
f(x) – g(x)
f(x)g(x)
f(x)/g(x)
f(x)g(x)
f(g(x))
Assuming that the rules seen in class recursively defining polynomials can be used here to prove x+2 and 3x are polynomials, show that (x + 2)3x is in ALEX.

Extra Credit: (1 pt) Write the regular expression for the language of all strings, over alphabet {0, 1}, the set of all strings in which every pair of adjacent zeros appears before any pair of adjacent ones. Justify.

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