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Re: computer-go: NP-complete problems solved?



> If P=NP, go is a P problem. But what is the "n" used for the determination of
> complexity ? is it the size of the board ? if the exposant of n is a huge 
> number (and it might be), then this doesn't help a lot...

Except according to a proof in Papadimitrou;s "Computational Complexity", 
Go is *not* NP, Go is PSPACE-complete, and PSPACE > NP.