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Reachable States
A state is reachable if it appears in some execution.
The execution of a state machine,
= (, ⊆ ×, )
∈ )
is a (possibly infinite) sequence of states, ()
, 3
, … , 5
) that:
1. )
= ) (it begins with the start state)
2. ∀ ∈ 0, 1, … , − 1 . >
→ >?3
∈ (if and are
consecutive states in the sequence, there is an edge → ∈ .