@InProceedings{berlinkov_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2021.12, author = {Berlinkov, Mikhail V. and Ferens, Robert and Ryzhikov, Andrew and Szyku{\l}a, Marek}, title = {{Synchronizing Strongly Connected Partial DFAs}}, booktitle = {38th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2021)}, pages = {12:1--12:16}, series = {Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)}, ISBN = {978-3-95977-180-1}, ISSN = {1868-8969}, year = {2021}, volume = {187}, editor = {Bl\"{a}ser, Markus and Monmege, Benjamin}, publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik}, address = {Dagstuhl, Germany}, URL = {https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2021.12}, URN = {urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-136579}, doi = {10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2021.12}, annote = {Keywords: \v{C}ern\'{y} conjecture, literal automaton, partial automaton, prefix code, rank conjecture, reset threshold, reset word, synchronizing automaton, synchronizing word} }