Introduction to Automata Theory, Languages, and Computation-轻识

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John E. Hopcroft，在斯坦福大学获得博士学位，现为康奈尔大任康奈尔大学工程学院院长。他是1986年图灵奖获得者。他的研究兴趣集中在计算理论方面，尤其是算法分析、自动机理论等。