Turing reduction

noun

A reduction that solves a problem if the solution to another problem is already known, i.e. an algorithm that could be used to solve A if it had available to it a subroutine for solving B.

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Meanings

nounTuring reduction (plural Turing reductions)

plural Turing reductions

  1. computerA reduction that solves a problem if the solution to another problem is already known, i.e. an algorithm that could be used to solve A if it had available to it a subroutine for solving B.

Origin

After Alan Turing.

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