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Synchronization Problems Solvable by Generalized PV Systems

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      Journal of the ACM  Volume 27, Issue 1
      Jan. 1980
      205 pages
      ISSN:0004-5411
      EISSN:1557-735X
      DOI:10.1145/322169
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