Computer scientists are abuzz over a fast new algorithm for solving one of the central problems in the field. (January 15, 2017, update: On January 4, Babai retracted his claim that the new algorithm ...

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Babai’s announcement has electrified the theoretical computer science community ... forth what he asserts is a “quasi-polynomial-time” algorithm to solve it. As Aaronson describes it ...