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by MarkPNeyer 5388 days ago
solve an np complete problem in your head!
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We can all do this!

Given { −2, −3, 4, 13, −1}, is there a non-empty subset of the numbers that sums to zero?

Easy, for sufficiently small problem size!
Pah, real programmers are doing that every day.