Karp reduction

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English

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Etymology

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Named after Richard Karp.

Noun

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Karp reduction (countable and uncountable, plural Karp reductions)

  1. (computing theory) A polynomial-time algorithm for transforming inputs to one problem into inputs to another problem, such that the transformed problem has the same output as the original.
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