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Strong Exponential Time Hypothesis

TheoremDB P3140 · theoretical computer science

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Problem statement

For every ε>0\varepsilon>0, does there exist k≥3k\ge3 such that kk-SAT on nn variables cannot be decided in time O((2−ε)n)O((2-\varepsilon)^n) by a deterministic algorithm?

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