Consider the following two languages over the alphabet $\{a, b\}$ :
$$\begin{aligned} & L_1=\left\{\alpha \beta \alpha \mid \alpha \in\{a, b\}^{+} \text {AND } \beta \in\{a, b\}^{+}\right\} \\ & L_2=\left\{\alpha \beta \alpha \mid \alpha \in\{a\}^{+} \text {AND } \beta \in\{a, b\}^{+}\right\} \end{aligned}$$
Which ONE of the following statements is CORRECT?
Consider the following deterministic finite automaton (DFA) defined over the alphabet, $\Sigma=\{a, b\}$. Identify which of the following language(s) is/are accepted by the given DFA.
Consider a finite state machine (FSM) with one input $X$ and one output $f$, represented by the given state transition table. The minimum number of states required to realize this FSM is ________ . (Answer in integer)
| Present state | Next state | Output $f$ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $X = 0$ | $X = 1$ | $X = 0$ | $X = 1$ | |
| A | F | B | 0 | 0 |
| B | D | C | 0 | 0 |
| C | F | E | 0 | 0 |
| D | G | A | 1 | 0 |
| E | D | C | 0 | 0 |
| F | F | B | 1 | 1 |
| G | G | H | 0 | 1 |
| H | G | A | 1 | 0 |
Let M be the 5-state NFA with ε-transitions shown in the diagram below.
Which one of the following regular expressions represents the language accepted by M?