some execution. The execution of a state machine, = (, ⊆ × , 0 ∈ ) is a (possibly infinite) sequence of states, (0 , 1 , … , ) that: 1. 0 = 0 (it begins with the start state) 2. ∀ ∈ 0, 1, … , − 1 . → +1 ∈ (if and are consecutive states in the sequence, there is an edge → ∈ .