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| | By way of providing a simple illustration of Cook's Theorem, namely, that "Propositional Satisfiability is NP-Complete", I will describe one way to translate finite approximations of turing machines into propositional expressions, using the cactus language syntax for propositional calculus that I will describe in more detail as we proceed. | | By way of providing a simple illustration of Cook's Theorem, namely, that "Propositional Satisfiability is NP-Complete", I will describe one way to translate finite approximations of turing machines into propositional expressions, using the cactus language syntax for propositional calculus that I will describe in more detail as we proceed. |
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| − | <pre> | + | :; <math>\operatorname{Stilt}(k) =</math> |
| − | Notation:
| + | :: '''Space and time limited turing machine''', |
| | + | :: with <math>k\!</math> units of space and <math>k\!</math> units of time. |
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| − | Stilt(k) =
| + | :; <math>\operatorname{Stunt}(k) =</math> |
| − | space and time limited turing machine,
| + | :: '''Space and time limited turing machine''', |
| − | with k units of space and k units of time.
| + | :: for computing the parity of a bit string, with number of tape cells of input equal to <math>k.\!</math> |
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| − | Stunt(k) =
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| − | space and time limited turing machine,
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| − | for computing the parity of a bit string,
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| − | with number of tape cells of input equal to k.
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| | + | <pre> |
| | I will follow the pattern of discussion in the book | | I will follow the pattern of discussion in the book |
| | by Herbert Wilf, 'Algorithms and Complexity' (1986), | | by Herbert Wilf, 'Algorithms and Complexity' (1986), |