# Does $C$-complete = co-$C$-complete imply that $C$ = co-$C$? [closed]

Lets have an arbitrary complexity class $C$.

Does $C$-complete = co-$C$-complete imply that $C$ = co-$C$?

I think that the answer is yes, but I am not sure whether my reasoning is correct. I tried to prove it like this:

Let $L$ be a $C$-complete language, so all problems in $C$ are polynomially many-to-one reducible to it. If $L \in C$ and $\bar{L} \in C$, then $C-complete = co-C-complete$ (because all complements of problems in co-$C$ are reducible to both $L$ and $\bar{L}$). That implies that $C = co-C$ so $C$ is closed under complement.

Is this a correct approach?

## closed as unclear what you're asking by Shaull, FrankW, David Richerby, Wandering Logic, Yuval FilmusOct 14 '14 at 19:23

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• Yes, you seem to have solved your problem. What's the question? – Shaull Oct 14 '14 at 17:50
• I was looking for some kind of confirmation that my solution is correct... because I was not sure about that... – Smajl Oct 14 '14 at 21:48