ChengsongTanPhdThesis/Chapters/Introduction.tex
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   612 %Our next step is to leverage these frameworks
   612 %Our next step is to leverage these frameworks
   613 %It is a precursor to our 
   613 %It is a precursor to our 
   614 Our work focuses on the space complexity of the algorithm under our notion of the size of 
   614 Our work focuses on the space complexity of the algorithm under our notion of the size of 
   615 a regular expression.
   615 a regular expression.
   616 Despite not being a direct asymptotic time complexity proof,
   616 Despite not being a direct asymptotic time complexity proof,
   617 our result is an important stepping leading towards one.
   617 our result is an important stepping towards one.
       
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   620 Brzozowski showed that there are finitely many similar deriviatives, 
   621 Brzozowski showed that there are finitely many similar deriviatives, 
   621 where similarity is defined in terms of ACI equations. 
   622 where similarity is defined in terms of ACI equations. 
   622 This allows him to use derivatives as a basis for DFAs where each state is 
   623 This allows him to use derivatives as a basis for DFAs where each state is