Generalized finite automata theory with an application to a decision problem of second-order logic

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DOI10.1007/BF01691346zbMath0157.02201MaRDI QIDQ5538923

James W. Thatcher, Jesse B. Wright

Publication date: 1968

Published in: Mathematical Systems Theory (Search for Journal in Brave)




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