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 # Appendix
 
+The following are some worked examples to illustrate some of the mechanisms in
+the algorithm. In each we're interested in what happens to the topic.
+
+
 ## Example 1 - Mainline
 
 The following is an example room DAG, where time flows down the page. We shall