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Akitaka Matsumura
Department of Pure and Applied Mathematics
Graduate School of Information Science and Technology
Osaka University, Suita, Osaka 565–0871
Japan
e-mail: akitaka@math.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp
Natsumi Yoshida
OIC Research Organization
Ritsumeikan University, Ibaraki, Osaka 567–8570
Japan
email: 14v00067@gst.ritsumei.ac.jp
[Current Address:]
Faculty of Culture and Information Science
Doshisha University, Kyotanabe, Kyoto 610–0394
Japan
e-mail: jt-bnk68@mail.doshisha.ac.jp
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