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The asymmetric topology of computer science

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Flagg, R.C., Kopperman, R.D. (1994). The asymmetric topology of computer science. In: Brookes, S., Main, M., Melton, A., Mislove, M., Schmidt, D. (eds) Mathematical Foundations of Programming Semantics. MFPS 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 802. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58027-1_26

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