Favorite Theorem 10

Favorite Theorem 10

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Notes:

PCP - prover commits to long proof that verifier can spot check randomly. Invented by Arora and Safra

Proof complicated - uses multilinear testing combined with special error correcting codes.

Applications to optimization problems, particularly MAXSNP class of Papadimitriou and Yannakakis