[Q] LL(1) Grammers and Ambig.

Hello


In the chapter on LL(1), the Dragon Book doesn't state so but I think
that ambig. grammars will cause a multiple entry in the LL(1) Table,
which of course would be a problem for the parser. As a matter, I
think I have a proof of that. Am I right on that?


Also: ambig. grammars are a "sufficient but not necessary" condition
for multiple entries to happen. What other conditions will cause that?
On that subject, I think it might be grammars that were once
left-recursive (some, not all of them).


And finally: then dragon book (p. 191, at the bottom) states that "... this
grammar is ambig., and the ambig. is manifested by the doulbe entry...".
Assuming I *do* have a double entry, how would I go about finding a word
which has two lm derivations, in order to show the ambig. (if one exists)?


         TIA,
         Nitzan


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