A terminological proposal
- 1 January 1974
- journal article
- Published by Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) in ACM SIGACT News
- Vol. 6 (1) , 12-18
- https://doi.org/10.1145/1811129.1811130
Abstract
While preparing a book on combinatorial algorithms, I felt a strong need for a new technical term, a word which is essentially a one-sided version of polynomial complete. A great many problems of practical interest have the property that they are at least as difficult to solve in polynomial time as those of the Cook-Karp class KP. I needed an adjective to convey such a degree of difficulty, both formally and informally; and since the range of practical applications is so broad, I felt it would be best to establish such a term as soon as possible.Keywords
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