| Title:
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Branching programs provide lower bounds on the area of VLSI circuits (English) | 
| Author:
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Hromkovič, Juraj | 
| Language:
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English | 
| Journal:
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Kybernetika | 
| ISSN:
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0023-5954 | 
| Volume:
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27 | 
| Issue:
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6 | 
| Year:
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1991 | 
| Pages:
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542-550 | 
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| Category:
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math | 
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| MSC:
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68Q05 | 
| MSC:
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68Q25 | 
| MSC:
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68Q35 | 
| idZBL:
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Zbl 0746.68039 | 
| idMR:
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MR1150942 | 
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| Date available:
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2009-09-24T18:28:57Z | 
| Last updated:
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2012-06-05 | 
| Stable URL:
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http://hdl.handle.net/10338.dmlcz/124289 | 
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