Problem Detail: Consider the language over the alphabet $sum= {a}$ containing strings whose length is either a multiple of 2 or 3 (including the empty strings). Writing a regular expression for this language
Asked By : Leroy Kayanda
Answered By : Yuval Filmus
Hint: A number $n$ is a multiple of $2$ or $3$ if $n ; mathrm{mod} ; 6 in {0,2,3,4}$. Simpler solution: Take the union of the words whose length is a multiple of 2 with the words whose length is a multiple of 3.
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