Class Description

GC(s(n),C): Guess and Check

The class of decision problems for which a "yes" answer can be verified by

  1. guessing s(n) bits, then
  2. verifying the answer in complexity class C.

For example, GC(p(n),P) = NP where p is a polynomial.

Defined in [CC93].

Umans [Uma98] has shown that given a DNF expression Φ, the Shortest Implicant problem is GC(log2n, coNP)-complete.

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