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On the Number of Membranes in Unary P Systems

Formal Languages and Automata Theory 2009-07-30 v1

Abstract

We consider P systems with a linear membrane structure working on objects over a unary alphabet using sets of rules resembling homomorphisms. Such a restricted variant of P systems allows for a unique minimal representation of the generated unary language and in that way for an effective solution of the equivalence problem. Moreover, we examine the descriptional complexity of unary P systems with respect to the number of membranes.

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@article{arxiv.0907.5120,
  title  = {On the Number of Membranes in Unary P Systems},
  author = {Rudolf Freund and Andreas Klein and Martin Kutrib},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0907.5120},
  year   = {2009}
}