Inherently nonplanar automata (Q1217777)

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    Inherently nonplanar automata (English)
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    It is shown that for every finite-state automaton there exists an equivalent nondeterministic automaton with a planar state graph. In contrast it is shown that there exist finite-state automata with no equivalent deterministic automaton having a planar state graph.
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