Brzozowski derivative
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Etymology
[edit]Named after the computer scientist Janusz Brzozowski, who investigated its properties.
Noun
[edit]Brzozowski derivative (plural Brzozowski derivatives)
- (computing theory) The set of all strings obtainable from a given set of strings by cutting off a prefix. For example, for the set { cat, cow, dog }, the Brzozowski derivative with respect to c is { at, ow }. They have applications in regular expressions.