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A difference in expressive power between flowcharts and recursion schemes

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We show the existence of a single interpretation for which no flowchart produces the same results as a particular recursion scheme.

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  1. M. Paterson and C. Hewitt, Comparative Schematology,MIT AI Lab Memo No. 201, Nov., 1970.

  2. N. Lynch and E. K. Blum,Relative Complexity of Algebras, Submitted for publication.

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  1. School of Information and Computer Science, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Nancy A. Lynch

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA

    Edward K. Blum

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  1. Nancy A. Lynch
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Partially supported by NSF Grant MCS77-15628.

Partially supported by NSF Grant DCR75-02373.

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Lynch, N.A., Blum, E.K. A difference in expressive power between flowcharts and recursion schemes. Math. Systems Theory 12, 205–211 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01776573

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