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Does this mean that, conversely, we can solve integer programming problems by doing chemical experiments?


Ehh...

1 - Yes

2 - Good luck with that

3 - Take a look on DNA computing (wikipedia et all)


Is chemical equation balancing NP-complete? hehe


Did you perhaps miss the third sentence of the abstract: "This special algorithm is polynomial time O(n3), unlike the ILP approach, and uses the widely available conventional floating-point arithmetic, obviating the need for both rational arithmetic and multiple modulus residue arithmetic. "




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