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 \item {\bf (Optional)} Have a look at the crawler programs. 
 Can you find a usage for them in your daily programming life?
 
+\item Read the handout of the first lecture and make sure you
+understand the concepts of strings and languages. 
+
 \item In the context of the AFL-course, what is meant by the term \emph{language}?
 
 \item Give the definition for regular expressions. What is the meaning of a 
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 \item How is the power of a language defined? (Hint: There are two rules, one for $\_\!\_^0$ and
 one for $\_\!\_^{n+1}$.)
 
-\item Given the regular expressions $r_1 = \epsilon$ and $r_2 = \varnothing$ and $r_3 = a$.
-How many strings can the regular expressions $r_1^*$, $r_2^*$ and $r_3^*$ each match?
 
 \end{enumerate}
 

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 \section*{Homework 2}
 
 \begin{enumerate}
+\item What is the meaning of a regular expression? Give an inductive definition.
+
+\item Given the regular expressions $r_1 = \epsilon$ and $r_2 = \varnothing$ and $r_3 = a$.
+How many strings can the regular expressions $r_1^*$, $r_2^*$ and $r_3^*$ each match?
+
+
 \item Give regular expressions for (a) decimal numbers and for (b) binary numbers. 
 (Hint: Observe that the empty string is not a number. Also observe that leading 0s 
 are normally not written.)