@article{lamport1990a, author = {Lamport, Leslie}, title = {A Theorem on Atomicity in Distributed Algorithms}, year = {1990}, month = {August}, abstract = {This paper gives a reduction theorem for distributed algorithms (see the discussion of [83]). It includes what I believe to be the first reduction result for liveness properties.}, url = {http://approjects.co.za/?big=en-us/research/publication/theorem-atomicity-distributed-algorithms/}, pages = {59-68}, journal = {Distributed Computing. Also appeared as SRC Research Report 28.}, volume = {4}, edition = {Distributed Computing. Also appeared as SRC Research Report 28.}, number = {2}, }