Documents 1 Approximability Results for Induced Matchings in Graphs David Manlove University of Glasgow Joint....

Slide 11 Approximability Results for Induced Matchings in Graphs David Manlove University of Glasgow Joint work with Billy Duckworth Michele Zito Macquarie University University…

Documents 1 The TSP : Approximation and Hardness of Approximation All exact science is dominated by the idea.....

Slide 1 1 The TSP : Approximation and Hardness of Approximation All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation. -- Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) * *TSP = Traveling…

Documents PCP and Inapproximability Irit Dinur NEC. Example: the Minimum Vertex Cover functionExample: the...

PCP and Inapproximability Irit Dinur NEC Example: the Minimum Vertex Cover function Facts: 1. Best algorithm runs in time (1.21)n [Robson ‘86] 2. VC is NP-hard. [Karp ’72]…