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FIGURE 4.59
Fourth-order EV K-maps for the six-variable function W in Eq. (4.78) showing (a) minimum SOP
cover and (b) minimum POS cover.
FURTHER READING
Nearly every text on digital or logic design provides some coverage of conventional (1’s and
0’s) K-map methods. Typical among these are texts of Hill and Peterson; Nelson, Nagle,
Carroll and Irwin; and Roth.
[1] F. J. Hill and G. R. Peterson, Digital Logic and Microprocessors. John Wiley & Sons, New York,
1984.
[2] V. P. Nelson, H. T. Nagle, B. D. Carroll, and J. D. Irwin, Digital Logic Circuit Analysis and
Design. Prentice Hall, Englew