Lance Fortnow on the current status and future outlook of solving the P-NP problem.

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Source: Darren Edwards What if one of the biggest unsolved problems in mathematics is not just about numbers or computers, but about observers like you and me? This isn’t a proposed solution to P vs ...

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NP-complete problems, including optimal routing, scheduling and network design, are foundational to essential tasks across various industries. However, they actually pose challenges for conventional ...

Core Focus: Quantum frameworks reducing NP-complete problem complexity via geometric/topological methods. Key Mechanisms: Quantum-ordinal mapping collapses complexity to near-polynomial time (e.g., ...

Abstract: Many important science and engineering problems can be converted into NP-complete problems which are of significant importance in computer science and mathematics. Currently, neither ...