Lynch's theorem

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematical_concept
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Fischer–Lynch–Paterson_theorem
gptkbp:author gptkb:Nancy_Lynch
gptkbp:citation highly cited
gptkbp:coauthor gptkb:Michael_S._Paterson
gptkb:Michael_J._Fischer
gptkbp:field distributed computing
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lynch's theorem
gptkbp:impact foundational result in distributed systems
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Journal_of_the_ACM
gptkbp:sentence It is impossible to achieve consensus in an asynchronous distributed system if even one process may fail.
gptkbp:topic fault tolerance
consensus problem
asynchronous systems
gptkbp:yearProposed 1985
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:James_F._Lynch
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6