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Show that the class of TM-decidable languages is closed under the following operations: union, concatenation, star, intersection, and complement.

a) Union
b) Concatenation
c) Star
d) Intersection
e) Complement

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Final answer:

The class of TM-decidable languages is closed under union, concatenation, star, intersection, and complement. The closure under each operation can be shown by constructing corresponding Turing machines.

Step-by-step explanation:

The class of TM-decidable languages refers to the set of languages that can be decided by a Turing machine. We can show that this class is closed under various operations:

a) Union:

Let L1 and L2 be TM-decidable languages.

To show closure under union, we construct a Turing machine that simulates both machines for each input, accepting if either machine accepts.

Hence, the union of two TM-decidable languages is also TM-decidable.

b) Concatenation:

Let L1 and L2 be TM-decidable languages.

To show closure under concatenation, we construct a Turing machine that simulates both machines on all possible divisions of the input, accepting if both machines accept.

Hence, the concatenation of two TM-decidable languages is also TM-decidable.

c) Star:

Let L be a TM-decidable language.

To show closure under star, we construct a Turing machine that simulates the machine multiple times, accepting if the input can be divided into parts that are accepted by each simulation.

Hence, the star of a TM-decidable language is also TM-decidable.

d) Intersection:

Let L1 and L2 be TM-decidable languages.

To show closure under intersection, we construct a Turing machine that simulates both machines for each input, accepting only if both machines accept.

Hence, the intersection of two TM-decidable languages is also TM-decidable.

e) Complement:

Let L be a TM-decidable language.

To show closure under complement, we construct a Turing machine that simulates the machine on each input, accepting if the original machine rejects and vice versa.

Hence, the complement of a TM-decidable language is also TM-decidable.

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