# Explain Chomsky normal form in TOC

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Chomsky’s Normal Form Stands as CNF.

A context free grammar is in CNF, if the production rules satisfy one of the following conditions

• If there is start Symbol generating ε. Example − A-> ε
• If a non-terminal generates two non-terminals. Example − S->AB
• If a non-terminal generates a terminal. Example − S->a

## Example

Let's take G1 Production rules, as given below −

G1={ S->AB,
S->c,
A->a,
B->b}

G1 satisfies the rule specified for CNF. So, it is in CNF.

Now, let's consider G2 production rules, as shown below

G2={ S->aA,
A->a,
B->c}

G2 does not satisfy the rules specified for CNF, as S->aA contains a terminal followed by a non-terminal.

So, G2 is not in CNF

Consider another example to check whether the given grammar is in CNF or not.

The grammar is as follows −

   S->a|aA|B
A->aBB| ε
B->Aa|b

The given grammar is not in CNF because, S->aA ,A->aBB, B->Aa contains terminals followed by non-terminals.

Published on 12-Jun-2021 11:52:58