Why should I bother?
Explore the critical role of complexity theory in problem solving and algorithm design. Understand the challenges of brute force solutions, the significance of decision and optimization problems, and how these concepts affect encryption and advances in technology.
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In the previous sections, we studied problems which didn't require brute force search to find solutions. However, there are problems whose solutions can't be found without examining the entire possible search space. Take the case of prime factorization, for example. Below are the prime factors for 21:
It is easy to verify the solution; we just multiply 7 and 3, and check if the ...