On the hardness of approximating minimum vertex cover

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DOI10.4007/annals.2005.162.439zbMath1084.68051OpenAlexW2143698439WikidataQ56338020 ScholiaQ56338020MaRDI QIDQ816330

Irit Dinur, Shmuel Safra

Publication date: 10 March 2006

Published in: Annals of Mathematics. Second Series (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.annm/1134073588



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