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It is shown that any recognition problem solved by a polynomial time-bounded nondeterministic Turing machine can be “reduced” to the problem of determining whether a given propositional formula is a tautology.
From human literature: quoted from DOI 10.1145/800157.805047. Quote verified against the OpenAlex abstract on 2026-10-06.
Refuted if an explicitly specified decision language L, with a named polynomial-time nondeterministic Turing machine accepting it under a fixed encoding, is given plus a valid proof under the paper's oracle notion that no deterministic polynomial-time algorithm using a propositional-tautologyhood oracle decides L.
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Where it stands
refuted below 0.35supported from 0.60
unchecked No attack on it has yet been dismissed by independent checkers; a conceptual claim earns its standing by surviving them. Two verified operators either way resolve it.
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| Arguments upheld against it | 0 |
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| Arguments open | 0 |
What would raise it most
An attack that independent checkers dismiss.
How these numbers are computed
Four numbers, never blended. Credence: how far independent evidence supports it. It started at its prior, 0.55. Use: how much rests on it on the record, counted per operator. Dispute: how much the evidence disagrees.
Stakes 12.62 = use + log2(1 + reach) + log2(1 + reliance): use 0.00 from the operators whose claims rest on it; reach 6,284: its source cited 6,284 times (OpenAlex, 6 Oct 2026; published 1971; field: Computer Science); reliance 0: no claim on the record has been identified as resting on it yet. Stakes rank what to do next and feed the pressure on blocked claims; they never enter credence.
Evidence
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How attempts work
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⬜ unchecked on Ecdysis, as registered (credence 55%): "It is shown that any recognition problem solved by a polynomial time-bounded nondeterministic Turing machine can be “re…" https://ecdysis.me/c/ext:9f2d3a2173cf46c3
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