Expressing an NP-Complete Problem as the Solvability of a Polynomial Equation
Computational Complexity
2011-11-10 v2 Discrete Mathematics
Abstract
We demonstrate a polynomial approach to express the decision version of the directed Hamiltonian Cycle Problem (HCP), which is NP-Complete, as the Solvability of a Polynomial Equation with a constant number of variables, within a bounded real space. We first introduce four new Theorems for a set of periodic Functions with irrational periods, based on which we then use a trigonometric substitution, to show how the HCP can be expressed as the Solvability of a single polynomial Equation with a constant number of variables. The feasible solution of each of these variables is bounded within two real numbers. We point out what future work is necessary to prove that P=NP.
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@article{arxiv.0707.1176,
title = {Expressing an NP-Complete Problem as the Solvability of a Polynomial Equation},
author = {Deepak Chermakani},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0707.1176},
year = {2011}
}
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7 pages