My question is simple: does any body know where can I find the proof that MAX CLIQUE is NP-HARD?
Remarks:
MAX CLIQUE is the decision problem defined as follows:Given a graph $G$ and $k>0$. Does the graph $G$ contain a maximum clique of size $k$?
I have been looking for a formal proof that MAX CLIQUE is NP-Hard, still I haven't found one. The book of Computers and Intractability (Michael Garey) in the final chapters mentions briefly that the full proof is on the phd thesis of Ernet Legget: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=907661 . I couldn't find the copy of the book on the internet nor any survey whit the proof.