NP

computational complexity class of decision problems solvable by a non-deterministic Turing machine in polynomial time
Thing complexity_class Q628036
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NP

Summary

NP is a complexity class[1]. NP ranks in the top 5% of complexity_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (351 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • NP's instance of is recorded as complexity class[3].
  • NP's part of is recorded as MA[4].
  • NP's part of is recorded as BH[5].
  • NP's said to be the same as is recorded as P[6].
  • NP's has part is recorded as UP[7].
  • NP's has part is recorded as NP-complete[8].
  • NP's has part is recorded as NP-intermediate[9].
  • NP's has part is recorded as SNP[10].
  • NP's has part is recorded as DP[11].
  • NP's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05dsb[12].
  • NP's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/np[13].
  • NP's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://cs.stackexchange.com/tags/np[14].
  • NP's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://cstheory.stackexchange.com/tags/np[15].
  • NP's BabelNet ID is recorded as 01440834n[16].
  • NP's MathWorld ID is recorded as NP-Problem[17].
  • NP's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as np[18].
  • NP's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[19].
  • NP's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 91331118[20].
  • NP's ProofWiki ID is recorded as Definition:NP_Complexity_Class[21].
  • NP's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C91331118[22].
  • NP's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 207012[23].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for NP include P versus NP problem[24], a mathematical problem[25] and NP-easy[26], a complexity class[27].

Why It Matters

NP ranks in the top 5% of complexity_class entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (351 views/month).[2] NP has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] NP is known by 39 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for NP include P versus NP problem[24], a mathematical problem[25] and NP-easy[26], a complexity class[27].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . complexityzoo.net. Retrieved . complexityzoo.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . BabelNet. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] . 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. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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