Karp reduction

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Named after Richard Karp.

Noun[edit]

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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