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A concise proof of Commoner's theorem

Logic in Computer Science 2024-01-23 v1

Abstract

The textbook proofs of Commoner's theorem characterizing liveness in free-choice Petri nets are given in contexts of technical notions and claims that make the proofs look a bit long. The aim of this note is to give a concise self-contained proof.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2401.12067,
  title  = {A concise proof of Commoner's theorem},
  author = {Petr Jancar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.12067},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

A slight elaboration of the 1-page text in Petri Net Newsletter, No 49, page 43 (October 1995)

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