Introduction to Non-Deterministic Finite Automata (NFA)

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Defines the nondeterministic finite automaton formally (the five-tuple and a transition function into sets of states) and traces how an NFA accepts a string by exploring several paths at once. From Neso Academy's methodical theory-of-computation playlist.

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Introduces non-deterministic finite automata: definition, transition function and how they accept strings.

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Part of Finite Automata | Chapter 2 | Theory of Computation (TOC), Theory of Computation (TOC)

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