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Mathematical Backgrounds of Informatics and Programming
Relativized generic classes P and NP
A. N. Rybalov Omsk State Technical University, Omsk, Russia
Abstract:
Classical theorem of Baker, Gill and Solovay states that there exist two oracles A and B such that PA=NPA, but PB≠NPB. This result indicates that the classical tools of computability theory (such as diagonalization) are inapplicable to prove the inequality P≠NP. Generic-case approach to algorithmic problems was suggested by Miasnikov, Kapovich, Schupp and Shpilrain in 2003. This approach studies behavior of an algorithm on typical (almost all) inputs and ignores the rest of inputs. Many classical undecidable or hard algorithmic problems become feasible in the generic case. In this paper we introduce generic analogs genP and genNP of the classical computational complexity classes P and NP. We prove a generic analog of the Baker–Gill–Solovay theorem: there exist two oracles A and B such that genPA=genNPA, but genPB≠genNPB. Therefore the diagonalization arguments cannot be applied to prove the inequality P≠NP in the generic case too.
Keywords:
generic complexity, P vs NP problem, oracles.
Citation:
A. N. Rybalov, “Relativized generic classes P and NP”, Prikl. Diskr. Mat., 2018, no. 40, 100–104
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