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    An epsilon NFA (∈-NFA) is similar to a regular NFA but allows for epsilon transitions, which are transitions between states that do not consume an input symbol. This gives ∈-NFAs more expressive power than NFAs as the first string in a language of an ∈-NFA could be empty due to epsilon transitions. Formally, an ∈-NFA is defined as a 5-tuple with states, input symbols, a transition function allowing epsilon transitions, an initial state, and final states.

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    An epsilon NFA (∈-NFA) is similar to a regular NFA but allows for epsilon transitions, which are transitions between states that do not consume an input symbol. This gives ∈-NFAs more expressive power than NFAs as the first string in a language of an ∈-NFA could be empty due to epsilon transitions. Formally, an ∈-NFA is defined as a 5-tuple with states, input symbols, a transition function allowing epsilon transitions, an initial state, and final states.

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    An epsilon NFA (∈-NFA) is similar to a regular NFA but allows for epsilon transitions, which are transitions between states that do not consume an input symbol. This gives ∈-NFAs more expressive power than NFAs as the first string in a language of an ∈-NFA could be empty due to epsilon transitions. Formally, an ∈-NFA is defined as a 5-tuple with states, input symbols, a transition function allowing epsilon transitions, an initial state, and final states.

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    Epsilon NFA (∈-NFA)

    Epsilon NFA (∈-NFA) is similar to the NFA but with a little difference in that it has an
    epsilon (∈) transition that NFA doesn’t have. A Transition that does not consume any
    input symbol is called an ε-transitions.

     ∈-NFA state diagrams usually label Epsilon with the Greek letter “∈”. It is also called

    lambda.

     ∈-transitions give a convenient way of designing the machine systems.

     Due to ε-transitions, the first string of language may be empty.

    Note: ∈ab∈a = aba, where ∈ is empty. Epsilon (∈) transition is also known as an empty

    move or empty transition.

    Formal Definition of Epsilon-NFA


    The formal definition of ∈-NFA is represented through 5-tuple (Q, ∑, δ, q0, F) where,

     Q is a finite set of all states (q0, q1, q2, …, qn) where n is a finite number.

     ∑ Is a finite set of symbols called the alphabet. i.e. {0, 1}.

     δ : Q x (∑ U ∈) → 2Q is a total function called as transition function.

     q0 is the initial state from where any input is processed (q0 ∈ Q).

     F is a set of final states where F will be a subset ( ⊆ ) of Q.

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