On the approximability of the traveling salesman problem (Q2495698)
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On the approximability of the traveling salesman problem (English)
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2 January 2007
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In the paper the previously known inapproximability bounds for symmetric as well as asymmetric traveling salesman problems are improved by more than an order of magnitude. First, a new inapproximability bound for the asymmetric traveling salesman problem is given by providing a special reduction from maximum satisfiability of linear equations modulo 2 with three variables per equation. The reduction relies on a probabilistic construction of a graph with specialized properties, the so-called \(b\)-pusher, and is essentially nonconstructive. The same basic ideas (with a new set of gadgets) are then used to prove a new inapproximability bound for the symmetric traveling salesman problem.
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traveling salesman problem
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inapproximability
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lower bound
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reduction
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\(b\)-pusher
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