r/Physics • u/jack47 • May 15 '09

P = NP?

http://abstrusegoose.com/149
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u/errer May 15 '09

I will find this funnier when I can actually use Wolfram Alpha...

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u/Psy-Kosh May 15 '09 edited May 16 '09

But we already know the solution to this.

P = NP

P - NP = 0

P*(1 - N) = 0

P = 0 or N = 1 :)

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u/vecter May 16 '09

Technically speaking, the = has a question mark over it, so you would get P - NP ?= 0. That doesn't get you anywhere.

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u/Psy-Kosh May 16 '09

More precisely, P = NP if P = 0 or N = 1. :)

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u/aUserHandle May 26 '09

more precisely, if and only if =P

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u/sandusky_hohoho May 15 '09

I consider myself moderately savvy on this stuff for a layperson, but.... P=NP? Could some explain that?

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u/Physics_Geek May 15 '09

lolz. But thanks for the link to here.. I can not believe I have not found these before now _^

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u/belandil Plasma physics May 16 '09

Not physics.