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Is 'problems of significance' like 'important problems'?
The general style of work in this field is more or less as follows. First, problems of significance in practical distributed computing are identified, and abstract versions of these problems, suitable for mathematical study, are defined.
Lynch's Distributed Algorithms
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Yes.
Problems of significance - significant problems.
The significant (important) problems are identified (listed) - and then made into mathematical "models" which can be studied.
I know practically nothing about Cloud technology, but a very simple (not really significant) problem might be "how do I equally share 50 gigabytes between ten servers?"
Mathematically it would become:
50 gB divided by 10 servers = 5 gB per server.
The abstract version could be:
x gB / y servers = x/y gB per server.
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Many thanks Drago!!!
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