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The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible - Couverture souple

Fortnow, Lance

 
9780691175782: The Golden Ticket: P, NP, and the Search for the Impossible
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0691175780 ISBN 13 : 9780691175782
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2017

Synopsis

The computer science problem whose solution could transform life as we know it

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, its rich history, and its algorithmic implications for everything we do with computers and beyond. Lance Fortnow traces the history and development of P-NP, giving examples from a variety of disciplines, including economics, physics, and biology. He explores problems that capture the full difficulty of the P-NP dilemma, from discovering the shortest route through all the rides at Disney World to finding large groups of friends on Facebook. The Golden Ticket explores what we truly can and cannot achieve computationally, describing the benefits and unexpected challenges of this compelling problem.

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À propos de l'auteur

Lance Fortnow is professor and chair of the School of Computer Science at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He founded and coauthors the Computational Complexity blog.

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
2017
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691175780
ISBN 13 
9780691175782
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
192
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