P-Selective Self-Reducible Sets: A New C
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Harry Buhrman; Leen Torenvliet
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Article
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1996
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Elsevier Science
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English
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We show that any p-selective and self-reducible set is in P. As the converse is also true, we obtain a new characterization of the class P. A generalization and several consequences of this theorem are discussed. Among other consequences, we show that under reasonable assumptions auto-reducibility a