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Computing: the fourth great domain of science

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Communications of the ACM, Volume 52, Issue 9

Pages 27 - 29

https://doi.org/10.1145/1562164.1562176

Published: 01 September 2009 Publication History

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

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The Status of the P versus NP Problem

September 2009

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DOI:10.1145/1562164

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