English

A pumping-like lemma for languages over infinite alphabets

Formal Languages and Automata Theory 2025-12-30 v1

Abstract

We prove a kind of a pumping lemma for languages accepted by one-register alternating finite-memory automata. As a corollary, we obtain that the set of lengths of words in such languages is semi-linear.

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@article{arxiv.2512.23403,
  title  = {A pumping-like lemma for languages over infinite alphabets},
  author = {Yoav Danieli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.23403},
  year   = {2025}
}
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