Advanced Theory of Computation
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What is Ladner's theorem and what does it imply?

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The correct answer is B) If P ≠ NP, there exist NP-intermediate problems — in NP but neither in P nor NP-complete

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Correct Answer

If P ≠ NP, there exist NP-intermediate problems — in NP but neither in P nor NP-complete

Explanation

Ladner's theorem (1975) proves: if P ≠ NP, the NP class is not just P and NP-complete — there are problems "in between." Graph Isomorphism is suspected to be NP-intermediate.

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