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[โ€“] DrJenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tube 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Most people would probably intuitively answer "no", and most computer scientists agree, but this has still not been proven, so we actually don't know.

I disagree, I think most computer scientists believe that P != NP, at least when it comes to classical computers. If we believed that P = NP, then why would we bother with encryption?

EDIT: nvm, I misread it.

[โ€“] SorteKanin@feddit.dk 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

I think you've misunderstood ๐Ÿ˜…. Answering "no" to that question corresponds to P != NP (there are problems that are easy to verify but not easy to solve), while "yes" means P = NP (if a solution is easy to check, the problem must be easy to solve). So I am saying most people and most scientists believe P != NP exactly as you say.

[โ€“] DrJenkem@lemmy.blugatch.tube 4 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Reading comprehension is hard my bad.

Edit: wait no, it's "easy" I'm just dumb.