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Questions related to the (computational) complexity of solving problems

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Complement of HAMPATH

Is the complement of the Hamiltonian Path problem known to be in $\mathsf{NP}$? I could not find explanations saying that it is, but then neither were there any claims saying that it is not in $\maths …
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Lower bound for Convex hull

By making use of the fact that sorting $n$ numbers requires $\Omega(n \log n)$ steps for any optimal algorithm (which uses 'comparison' for sorting), how can I prove that finding the convex-hull of $ …
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Proving DOUBLE-SAT is NP-complete

The well known SAT problem is defined here for reference sake. The DOUBLE-SAT problem is defined as $\qquad \mathsf{DOUBLE\text{-}SAT} = \{\langle\phi\rangle \mid \phi \text{ has at least two satis …
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Proving DOUBLE-SAT is NP-complete

Here is one solution: Clearly Double-SAT belongs to ${\sf NP}$, since a NTM can decide Double-SAT as follows: On a Boolean input formula $\phi(x_1,\ldots,x_n)$, nondeterministically guess 2 assignmen …
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