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The greatest unsolved problem in computer science...

2026-03-09 Science & Technology
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Try MongoDB Atlas for free - https://fandf.co/4rf61Za and simplify your AI data stack with one platform. P vs NP is arguably the most famous unsolved problem in computer science. It asks: if you can verify a solution quickly, can you also find the solution quickly? Let's attempt to find out... Clay Mathematics Institute: https://www.claymath.org/millennium/p-vs-np/ #coding #programming 🔖 Topics Covered - What is P vs NP - History of P vs NP - Why is it so hard to prove? - Underlying mathematical concepts - Uses for P vs NP - What if P really does equal NP? Want more Fireship? 🗞️ Newsletter: https://bytes.dev 🧠 Courses: https://fireship.dev

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@_Poisson_ 2026-03-09

Fireship posting a non-AI video is a recession indicator

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@giuseppebistecca2733 2026-03-09

Bro got baited into doing this video because he thought is was related to npm

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@SamHolmes-p2p 2026-03-09

I have a proof for P vs NP, unfortunately it’s written in polynomial time but takes exponential time to read

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@phoenix24886 2026-03-09

Wake up at 3 am and remembering the monster is waiting under the bed: To P or Not to P.

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@rio5043 2026-03-09

N = 1 . Solved

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@Pashachessgm 2026-03-09

This is what i think about if i can't sleep at night

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@SupreethBS 2026-03-09

To P or not to P, that is the question

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@Christian___ 2026-03-09

3:22 The travelling salesman problem as you described it, looking for the shortest route, is NP-Hard, not NP-Complete, it cannot be verified except by checking every other possible path, which would take the same amount of time as calculating it from scratch. To make it NP-Complete you'd need to modify it to say 'find a route shorter than x metres that visits all cities', that way you could verify it trivially.

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@BeerWithBrains 2026-03-09

Is the old Fireship back before GTAVI?

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@lawKwan1 2026-03-09

1:04 in his famous "let him cook video"

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