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Computing: the fourth great domain of science

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Computing is as fundamental as the physical, life, and social sciences.

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cover image Communications of the ACM
Communications of the ACM  Volume 52, Issue 9
The Status of the P versus NP Problem
September 2009
139 pages
ISSN:0001-0782
EISSN:1557-7317
DOI:10.1145/1562164
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Published: 01 September 2009
Published in CACM Volume 52, Issue 9

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