| TR#: | CS0679 |
| Class: | CS |
| Title: | COUNTING NETWORKS WITH
ARBITRARY FAN-OUT |
| Authors: | E. Aharonson and H. Attiya |
| PDF - Revised | CS0679.revised.pdf |
| PDF - Revised again | CS0679.revised2.pdf |
| Abstract: | It is shown that an acyclic smooting network (and hence counting network) of fan-out $n$ cannot be constructed from balancers of fan-out $b_{1},...,b_{k}$, if there exists a prime factor $p$ of $n$, such that $p$ does not divide $b_{i}$, for all $i, 1 \leq i \leq k$. This holds regardless of the depth of the network, as long as it is finite. In particular, only smoothing networks of fan-out $2^{\ell}$ (for a non-negative integer $\ell$ ) can be constructed out of 2-balancers. A very simple construction of {\em cyclic} counting networks with fan-out $n$ is presented. Proving the correctness of this construction involves a novel technique of arguing about counting networks in non-quiescent states. |
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