One computer scientist’s “stunning” proof is the first progress in 50 years on one of the most famous questions in computer ...

which are algorithms that can solve problems in a time that is a polynomial function of the size of the input. Recent research has explored various aspects of complexity theory, including ...

It will take time for his new paper to be thoroughly vetted ... problem to have a quasi-polynomial algorithm but no polynomial algorithm. “It would show that the landscape of complexity theory is much ...