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I wonder whether anyone has written a novel set in a universe where P=NP, in the event that there is more than one, which was the first?

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In this universe all problems that could be verified in polynomial time (NP) (given the solution) could also be solved in polynomial time (P).

I wonder whether anyone has written a novel set in a universe where P=NP, in the event that there is more than one, which was the first?

I wonder whether anyone has written a novel set in a universe where P=NP, in the event that there is more than one, which was the first?

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In this universe all problems that could be verified in polynomial time (NP) (given the solution) could also be solved in polynomial time (P).

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