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Re: quantum Computing



> From: Rick Busdiecker <[email protected]>
> It's a matter of definition, I suppose.  Hopcroft and Ullman describe
> an NFA as having a tape.

I find this a little odd, given that the "F" stands for "finite".
Checking Hopcroft and Ullman, they define an NFA formally as a
tuple: states, inputs, initial state, final states, and a mapping
from states cross inputs to 2^states.  No tape.

   Eli   [email protected]