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When using the subset construction, if the NFA has multiple initial states, how do I construct a corresponding DFA as it is only allowed one initial state?

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When using the subset construction, if the NFA has multiple initial states, how do I construct a corresponding DFA as it is only allowed one initial state?

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When using the subset construction to transform an NFA into a DFA, remember that each state in the DFA represents a set of states from the NFA. So the initial state of a DFA is the set of all initial states from the NFA.