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NP-complete

Summary

NP-complete is a complexity class[1]. NP-complete ranks in the top 3% of complexity_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,809 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • NP-complete's instance of is recorded as complexity class[3].
  • NP-complete is a type of computational problem[4].
  • NP-complete is part of NP-hard[5].
  • NP-complete is part of NP[6].
  • NP-complete's Commons category is recorded as NP-complete problems[7].
  • NP-complete comprises weak NP-completeness[8].
  • NP-complete comprises strong NP-completeness[9].
  • NP-complete's topic's main category is recorded as Category:NP-complete problems[10].
  • NP-complete's facet of is recorded as P versus NP problem[11].
  • NP-complete's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/tags/np-complete[12].
  • NP-complete's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://cs.stackexchange.com/tags/np-complete[13].
  • NP-complete's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/np-complete[14].
  • NP-complete's has characteristic is recorded as completeness[15].
  • NP-complete's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[16].

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Definition and Type

NP-complete's instance of is recorded as complexity class[3]. NP-complete is a type of computational problem[4].

Use and Application

Components include weak NP-completeness[8], a complexity class[17] and strong NP-completeness[9], a complexity class[18]. Part of include NP-hard[5], a complexity class[19] and NP[6], a complexity class[20].

Influence

Things named for NP-complete include Karp's 21 NP-complete problems[21], a set[22].

Why It Matters

NP-complete ranks in the top 3% of complexity_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,809 views/month).[2] NP-complete has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] NP-complete is known by 37 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

Entities named for NP-complete include Karp's 21 NP-complete problems[21], a set[22].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Topic's main category → Category:NP-complete problems
    Has parts → —
    Has part(s) → weak NP-completeness, strong NP-completeness
    Part of → NP-hard, NP
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