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- From: pratt@Sunburn.Stanford.EDU (Vaughan R. Pratt)
- Subject: Re: P=NP
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.080200.16072@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU>
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- Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
- References: <1992Nov18.195529.2524@math.toronto.edu>
- Distribution: math
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 08:02:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov18.195529.2524@math.toronto.edu> joel@math.toronto.edu (Joel Chan) writes:
- >Professor E.R. Swart of the University of Guelph has written a paper
- >claiming that he has resolved P=NP. The title of one of his 3 papers
- >is called
- >
- >"A polynomial-time procedure for resolving the graph isomorphism problem."
- >
- >The others are titled "N=1" and "A polynomial time solution to the
- >Travelling Salesperson Problem"
-
- Hah, we've got him now, he's got the wrong proof. As it turns out, P=NP
- because N=9 and P=0.
- --
- Vaughan Pratt A fallacy is worth a thousand steps.
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