Two hypergraph theorems equivalent to BPI (Q920087)
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Two hypergraph theorems equivalent to BPI (English)
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1990
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Techniques originally developed for establishing NP-completeness are adapted to prove that two compactness theorems concerning hypergraphs are equivalent to the Prime Ideal Theorem for Boolean algebras (BPI). In addition, some possible connections between NP-completeness and BPI are explored.
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NP-completeness
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compactness
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hypergraphs
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Prime Ideal Theorem
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Boolean algebras
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