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Fischer, Lynch and Paterson showed that deterministic consensus can have a nonterminating execution in an asynchronous system even with one possible process failure.
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This is a result under a particular failure and timing model. It does not rule out practical consensus under stronger assumptions or randomized approaches.
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- Impossibility of distributed consensus with one faulty process
- Impossibility of distributed consensus with one faulty process — deposited bibliography
- Original FLP paper
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Michael J. Fischer; Nancy A. Lynch; Michael S. Paterson
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The FLP limit on asynchronous consensus
Fischer, Lynch and Paterson showed that deterministic consensus can have a nonterminating execution in an asynchronous system even with one possible process failure.
Scientific scope
This is a result under a particular failure and timing model. It does not rule out practical consensus under stronger assumptions or randomized approaches.
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People and systems
Michael J. Fischer; Nancy A. Lynch; Michael S. Paterson
Source paper byline retained, including repeated label positions. Names are not verified unique identities or measurements of individual effort.