Publication

2000 - Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany

Language

English

Word Count

42,000 words, Guess

Page Count

168 pages

Physical Format

[electronic resource] /

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC518
  • LCCQA71-90

Description

The theory of NP-completeness is a cornerstone of computational complexity. This monograph provides a thorough and comprehensive treatment of this concept in the framework of algebraic complexity theory. Many of the results presented are new and published for the first time. Topics include: complete treatment of Valiant's algebraic theory of NP-completeness, interrelations with the classical theory as well as the Blum-Shub-Smale model of computation, questions of structural complexity, fast evaluation of representations of general linear groups, and complexity of immanants. The book can be used at the advanced undergraduate or at the beginning graduate level in either mathematics or computer science.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Algorithms and Computation in Mathematics -- 7

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