An essay about research on sparse NP complete sets

An essay about research on sparse NP complete sets

The purpose of this paper is to review the origins and motivation for the conjecture that sparse NP complete sets do not exist (unless P = NP) and to describe the development of the ideas and techniques which led to the recent solution of this conjecture.

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Hauptverfasser: Hartmanis, J., Mahaney, S. R.
Format: Buchkapitel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Labelling Function
Polynomial Time
Satisfying Assignment
Theoretical Computer Science
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Zusammenfassung:The purpose of this paper is to review the origins and motivation for the conjecture that sparse NP complete sets do not exist (unless P = NP) and to describe the development of the ideas and techniques which led to the recent solution of this conjecture.
ISSN:0302-9743
1611-3349
DOI:10.1007/BFb0022494