A Counterexample of the Statement P = NP: Scientific Explanation

Peter Kopanov · Book Publisher International (a part of SCIENCEDOMAIN International) · 2021

In this paper is shown that the classes P and NP do not coincide, by constructing a relatively simple example of unsolvability in polynomial time in a particular well-known NP-complete problem. For a particular NP-complete problem, a random process is constructed that generates solution with random numbers. Here will be shown that the assumption that a concrete NP-complete problem belongs to the P class will contradict the random and independent choice of a concrete solution to the problem. Such a solution cannot be found with a polynomial algorithm but it can be verified with one if known. In this way, the impossibility of equality P = NP is shown.

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