[#P11314] Is the recursive optional-letter NFA construction always transition-minimal?
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Problem. Let \(c_1\),...,c_n be distinct symbols and let L_n be the language of all subsequences of c_1...c_n, equivalently the language denoted by c_1?c_2?...c_n?. Let a(n) be the minimum number of labeled transitions in an epsilon-free NFA recognizing exactly L_n. The construction of el Abdalaoui, Dahmoune, and Ziadi recursively splits a minimum-cost leaf in its full-binary-tree encoding and converts the resulting partition system into such an NFA. Does that construction use exactly a(n) transitions for every n?
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