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    Supports→NP-complete problems are the most difficult problems in NP (assuming P ≠ NP)
    Supports→NP-complete problems are widely believed to lack polynomial time algorithms

    Extensive effort has been devoted to finding efficient solutions for NP-complete problems such as INTEGER PROGRAMMING and TSP without success

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    \(\sc{INDEPENDENT}\ \sc{SET}\ \) Given a graph \(G = \langle V,E \rangle\) and a natural number \(k \leq \lvert V\rvert\), does there exist a set of vertices \(V' \subseteq V\) of cardinality \(\geq k\) such that no two vertices in \(V'\) are connected by an edge? \(\sc{VERTEX}\ \sc{COVER}\ \) Given a graph \(G = \langle V,E \rangle\) and a natural number \(k \leq \lvert V\rvert\), does there exist a set of vertices \(V' \subseteq V\) of cardinality \(\leq k\) such that for each edge \(\langle u

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