The minimum-length generator sequence problem is NP-hard

DOI10.1016/0196-6774(81)90029-8zbMath0467.68046OpenAlexW2023961800WikidataQ63628478 ScholiaQ63628478MaRDI QIDQ3920644

Oded Goldreich, Shimon Even

Publication date: 1981

Published in: Journal of Algorithms (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0196-6774(81)90029-8

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Analysis of algorithms and problem complexity (68Q25) Permutation groups (20B99)

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