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Theorem:

Given a problem Prob and an algorithm Algo that solves Prob. If Algo is a 1-approximation algorithm then Algo gives the optimal solution for Prob.

If Prob is an NP-hard problem and Algo is a polynomial-time algorithm, then P=NP.

Proof: The proof is omitted due to space limitation.

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