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Unique Games Conjecture

Applied and Computational Mathematics

In computational complexity theory, the unique games conjecture is a conjecture made by Subhash Khot in 2002. It postulates that the problem of determining the approximate value of a certain type of game, known as a unique game, has NP-hard computational complexity. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Statement
The problem of determining the approximate value of a unique game, a certain type of two-prover game, is NP-hard. 1
Proposed Year
2002 1
Progress Toward Resolution
Open. In 2018 a weaker version, the 2-2 games conjecture, was proven, which in a certain sense proves half of the original conjecture. In 2010 Arora, Barak and Steurer found a subexponential time approximation algorithm for the unique games problem. 1
Classification
Resolution Status
Open 1
Prize Status
Prize Status (category)
No Prize Offered 1
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Source Unique Games Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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1. Unique Games Conjecture (Wikipedia)
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  • Lead section
    a conjecture made by Subhash Khot in 2002
  • Lead section, statement sentence
    the problem of determining the approximate value of a certain type of game, known as a unique game, has NP-hard computational complexity
  • Results section, 2018 sentence
    In 2018, after a series of papers, a weaker version of the conjecture, called the 2-2 games conjecture, was proven.
  • Results section, 2010 subexponential algorithm sentence
    Boaz Barak and David Steurer found a subexponential time approximation algorithm for the unique games problem.
  • In Branch: Computational Complexity Theory, Lead sentence
    In computational complexity theory, the unique games conjecture (often referred to as UGC) is a conjecture made by Subhash Khot in
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