# Question Regarding ECLOSURE in ε-NFAs

I have a small question regarding the ECLOSURE of a certain state in an ε-NFA.

If we have a transition that has both a and ε transitions, is the ECLOSURE affected?

Also is there any rule that in ECLOSURE we should include the states that are accessible only from transitions containing ε?

• What's the definition of the ε-closure you have? I think the answer is already in it. – nekketsuuu Oct 25 '16 at 2:11
• Possible duplicate: cs.stackexchange.com/questions/40445/… – nekketsuuu Oct 25 '16 at 2:12
• $\epsilon$-closure simply means: given a set of states $S$, enlarge that set to include also all states that are reachable from a state in $S$ via only $\epsilon$-transitions. – Bakuriu Oct 25 '16 at 9:32

The $\epsilon$-closure of a state $p$ is the set of all states, including $p$ itself, that are reachable by only by a chain of consecutive $\epsilon$-moves. Transitions on other inputs are not considered when computing $\epsilon$-closure$(p)$. They come in to play in the next step, when you compute the transition function for the equivalent NFA without $\epsilon$-moves.