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Meanings of np-complete in English

Russian
npc
Portuguese
np completo
Spanish
problema np completo
Catalan
np-completesa
Wikidata

Complexity class.

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        npc
        Usage of np-complete in English
        1
        The decision problem if there exists an elementary mode containing two specific reactions is NP-complete.
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        2
        But NP-complete is the big enchilada.
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        3
        NP-complete problems are hard not because they are in class NP, but because they are the hardest problems in class NP.
        The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000
        4
        And it turns out that they're all hard in a specific way: They're what are known in theoretical computer science as NP-complete problems.
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