This book presents a state-of-the-art theory in the field of proof complexity, aiming to construct hard propositional tautologies needed to solve the P vs. NP problem in the negative. The theory is introduced step by step, starting with the historic background, and several potential new avenues of research are highlighted.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Author(s): Jan (Charles University, Prague) Krajicek
Illustration(s): Worked examples or Exercises
Number of pages: 134
Collection: London Mathematical Society Lecture Note Series