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A depth-size tradeoff for boolean circuits with unbounded fan-in

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Lynch, J.F. (1986). A depth-size tradeoff for boolean circuits with unbounded fan-in. In: Selman, A.L. (eds) Structure in Complexity Theory. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 223. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-16486-3_102

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