Re: co-NP in P?



In article <e4ydndKeFY1ZgpfeRVn-hw@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Russell Easterly" <logiclab@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> What would be the ramifications of proving that UNSAT is in P?

If UNSAT is in P, then there is a P-time deterministic Turing machine
accepting UNSAT. Negate the output of this Turing machine and you
have a P-time acceptor for SAT. So P=NP, with all that entails ;-).

-Doug Elrod (dre1@xxxxxxxxxxx)
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