site_archiver@lists.apple.com Delivered-To: darwin-dev@lists.apple.com Dkim-signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=subject:mime-version:content-type:from:in-reply-to:date:cc :content-transfer-encoding:message-id:references:to:x-mailer; bh=obdbcKSvuNAPSH4avzU9JaMhO3yUpd9lf70CGgnPgp4=; b=dt/ZcfO14TFGle9EkevjPS9XBT5w7kW/huZYDQ51GEswiy6w8F+fgHiatviw97Q2pr gDF+9aywMqz9GJfbySBWaXidHhGzmxkyvMH45eow6rywj/yJPg/daeTUTsf9mDVAMQH+ zUnddIvWvslzAqa6uRPqIR56TGt/WX2wZiiBQ= On Oct 24, 2011, at 5:32 PM, Shantonu Sen wrote:

In the abstract, the statement is true (is this a homework question or something?)

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