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Can a DFA have epsilon/lambda transitions?

Can´t find anything affirmative about it. And a NFA with any epsilon transition is a epsilon-NFA ? Thanks.

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liwing Avatar asked Dec 09 '12 20:12

liwing


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DFA doesn't have epsilon transitions.If it had it, it could transit from current state to other state without any input i.e. with nothing , not even {} or phi. And as definition , we know that the input must be from the input set. Hope this cleared your doubt ...

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Bhushan Firake Avatar answered Oct 10 '22 18:10

Bhushan Firake