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It appears that after leaving her post in 1938, Piesch was sent to Berlin, where she began to work on switching algebra. This is supported by her publications on
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Sequenz, H, "Die Ă–sterreichischen Wegbereiter der Theorie der Elektrischen Schaltungen" (The Austrian Pioneers of the Theory of Electrical Switching), Elecktrotechnik & Maschinenbau, Vol. 75, pp.
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