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An Elegant Argument that P is not NP

Computational Complexity 2011-10-11 v9

Abstract

In this note, we present an elegant argument that P is not NP by demonstrating that the Meet-in-the-Middle algorithm must have the fastest running-time of all deterministic and exact algorithms which solve the SUBSET-SUM problem on a classical computer.

Cite

@article{arxiv.cs/0607093,
  title  = {An Elegant Argument that P is not NP},
  author = {Craig Alan Feinstein},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cs/0607093},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

2 pages; Version 14 is the published version, but this version is clearer

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