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np-hard

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.57 in modern English

Syllables
np-hard
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

A problem H is NP-hard if and only if there is an NP-complete problem L that is polynomial time Turing-reducible to H.

adj

An alternative definition restricts NP-hard to decision problems and then uses polynomial-time many-one reduction instead of Turing reduction.

Phrases

NP-complete NP-easy NP-equivalent

Frequently Paired Words

NP-complete NP-easy NP-equivalent

Questions

What does np-hard mean?
A problem H is NP-hard if and only if there is an NP-complete problem L that is polynomial time Turing-reducible to H.

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