Vertex Cover is NP-Complete + Example

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Reduces 3SAT to Vertex Cover with variable and clause gadgets and then runs the construction on a concrete formula, so the abstract proof becomes a picture.

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Proof that Vertex Cover is NP-complete, with a worked example.

Video by Easy Theory, played through YouTube's embedded player.

Part of Reducibility - Easy Theory, Complexity Theory I - Easy Theory

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