03377nam 2200673 a 450 991045241930332120210514021546.01-4008-4661-71-299-15656-810.1515/9781400846610(CKB)2550000001001307(EBL)1105994(OCoLC)828869723(SSID)ssj0000822001(PQKBManifestationID)11448465(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000822001(PQKBWorkID)10756188(PQKB)11221407(MiAaPQ)EBC1105994(MdBmJHUP)muse43258(DE-B1597)453875(OCoLC)979970303(DE-B1597)9781400846610(PPN)199244928(PPN)187961360(Au-PeEL)EBL1105994(CaPaEBR)ebr10658393(CaONFJC)MIL446906(EXLCZ)99255000000100130720121227d2013 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe golden ticket[electronic resource] P, NP, and the search for the impossible /Lance FortnowCourse BookPrinceton Princeton University Press20131 online resource (189 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-691-17578-0 0-691-15649-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Preface --Chapter 1 The Golden Ticket --Chapter 2 The Beautiful World --Chapter 3 P and NP --Chapter 4 The Hardest Problems in NP --Chapter 5 The Prehistory of P versus NP --Chapter 6 Dealing with Hardness --Chapter 7 Proving P ≠ NP --Chapter 8 Secrets --Chapter 9 Quantum --Chapter 10 The Future --Acknowledgments --Chapter Notes and Sources --Index"The P-NP problem is the most important open problem in computer science, if not all of mathematics. The Golden Ticket provides a nontechnical introduction to P-NP, its rich history, and its algorithmic implications for everything we do with computers and beyond. In this informative and entertaining book, Lance Fortnow traces how the problem arose during the Cold War on both sides of the Iron Curtain, and gives examples of the problem from a variety of disciplines, including economics, physics, and biology. He explores problems that capture the full difficulty of the P-NP dilemma, from discovering the shortest route through all the rides at Disney World to finding large groups of friends on Facebook. But difficulty also has its advantages. Hard problems allow us to safely conduct electronic commerce and maintain privacy in our online lives. The Golden Ticket explores what we truly can and cannot achieve computationally, describing the benefits and unexpected challenges of the P-NP problem"--Provided by publisher.NP-complete problemsComputer algorithmsElectronic books.NP-complete problems.Computer algorithms.511.3/52Fortnow Lance1963-1044139MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452419303321The golden ticket2469593UNINA