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The Golden Ticket : P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible /

The P-NP problem is the most important open problem in computer science, if not all of mathematics. Simply stated, it asks whether every problem whose solution can be quickly checked by computer can also be quickly solved by computer. The Golden Ticket provides a nontechnical introduction to P-NP, i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fortnow, Lance (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2013]
Edición:Course Book
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 The Golden Ticket
  • Chapter 2 The Beautiful World
  • Chapter 3 P and NP
  • Chapter 4 The Hardest Problems in NP
  • Chapter 5 The Prehistory of P versus NP
  • Chapter 6 Dealing with Hardness
  • Chapter 7 Proving P ≠ NP
  • Chapter 8 Secrets
  • Chapter 9 Quantum
  • Chapter 10 The Future
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter Notes and Sources
  • Index