A lower bound for reversible automata
RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 34 (2000) no. 5, pp. 331-341. 
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Héam, Pierre-Cyrille. A lower bound for reversible automata. RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 34 (2000) no. 5, pp. 331-341. http://archive.numdam.org/item/ITA_2000__34_5_331_0/

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