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Logarithmic Space Verifiers on NP-complete
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How to cite: Vega, F. Logarithmic Space Verifiers on NP-complete. Preprints 2019, 2019080037. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201908.0037.v1 Vega, F. Logarithmic Space Verifiers on NP-complete. Preprints 2019, 2019080037. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201908.0037.v1
Abstract
P versus NP is considered as one of the most important open problems in computer science. This consists in knowing the answer of the following question: Is P equal to NP? A precise statement of the P versus NP problem was introduced independently by Stephen Cook and Leonid Levin. Since that date, all efforts to find a proof for this problem have f ailed. NP is the complexity class of languages defined b y p olynomial t ime v erifiers M su ch th at wh en th e in put is an el ement of the language with its certificate, then M outputs a string which belongs to a single language in P. Another major complexity classes are L and NL. The certificate-based definition of NL is based on logarithmic space Turing machine with an additional special read-once input tape: This is called a logarithmic space verifier. NL is the complexity class of languages defined by logarithmic space verifiers M s uch t hat when t he i nput i s a n e lement o f t he l anguage with i ts c ertificate, th en M outputs 1. To attack the P versus NP problem, the NP-completeness is a useful concept. We demonstrate there is an NP-complete language defined by a logarithmic space verifier M such that when the input is an element of the language with its certificate, then M outputs a s tring which belongs to a single language in L. In this way, we obtain if L is not equal to NL, then P = NP. In addition, we show that L is not equal to NL. Hence, we prove the complexity class P is equal to NP.
Supplementary and Associated Material
https://github.com/frankvegadelgado/VerifyReduction: GitHub repository
https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-02199310: HAL Preprint
https://www.academia.edu/39973754/Logarithmic_Space_Verifiers_on_NP-complete: Academia Preprint
Keywords
complexity classes; completeness; verifier; reduction; polynomial time; logar-ithmic space
Subject
Computer Science and Mathematics, Computer Science
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