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P is not equal to NP.

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Statement

$\mathsf{P} \ne \mathsf{NP}$.

Assessment

Renown 5/5

The central problem of computer science; $1M Millennium Prize.

Attackability 0/5

A refutation is a polynomial-time SAT algorithm plus a correctness proof, not a finite object; known proof barriers (relativization, natural proofs, algebrization) fence every known route.

finite witness
0/5
oracle cost
0/5
freshness
0/5
seedability
0/5

Claims

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