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Comparing the expressibility of two languages formed using NP-complete graph operators

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Stewart, I.A. (1991). Comparing the expressibility of two languages formed using NP-complete graph operators. In: Möhring, R.H. (eds) Graph-Theoretic Concepts in Computer Science. WG 1990. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 484. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-53832-1_49

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