Automating algebraic proof systems is NP-hard

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Automating algebraic proof systems is NP-hard. / De Rezende, Susanna F.; Göös, Mika; Nordström, Jakob; Pitassi, Toniann; Robere, Robert; Sokolov, Dmitry.

STOC 2021 - Proceedings of the 53rd Annual ACM SIGACT Symposium on Theory of Computing. ed. / Samir Khuller; Virginia Vassilevska Williams. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., 2021. p. 209-222.

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De Rezende, SF, Göös, M, Nordström, J, Pitassi, T, Robere, R & Sokolov, D 2021, Automating algebraic proof systems is NP-hard. in S Khuller & VV Williams (eds), STOC 2021 - Proceedings of the 53rd Annual ACM SIGACT Symposium on Theory of Computing. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., pp. 209-222, 53rd Annual ACM SIGACT Symposium on Theory of Computing, STOC 2021, Virtual, Online, Italy, 21/06/2021. https://doi.org/10.1145/3406325.3451080

APA

De Rezende, S. F., Göös, M., Nordström, J., Pitassi, T., Robere, R., & Sokolov, D. (2021). Automating algebraic proof systems is NP-hard. In S. Khuller, & V. V. Williams (Eds.), STOC 2021 - Proceedings of the 53rd Annual ACM SIGACT Symposium on Theory of Computing (pp. 209-222). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1145/3406325.3451080

Vancouver

De Rezende SF, Göös M, Nordström J, Pitassi T, Robere R, Sokolov D. Automating algebraic proof systems is NP-hard. In Khuller S, Williams VV, editors, STOC 2021 - Proceedings of the 53rd Annual ACM SIGACT Symposium on Theory of Computing. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 2021. p. 209-222 https://doi.org/10.1145/3406325.3451080

Author

De Rezende, Susanna F. ; Göös, Mika ; Nordström, Jakob ; Pitassi, Toniann ; Robere, Robert ; Sokolov, Dmitry. / Automating algebraic proof systems is NP-hard. STOC 2021 - Proceedings of the 53rd Annual ACM SIGACT Symposium on Theory of Computing. editor / Samir Khuller ; Virginia Vassilevska Williams. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc., 2021. pp. 209-222

Bibtex

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