Source · Paper

Baker–Gill–Solovay · Relativizations of the P =? NP question

PublishedPublication date Dec 1975
Open paper ↗

Overview

The precise statements and locators cited in this P versus NP research record.

Published author exposition or original paper.

Passages

The exact passages cited in OpenMath. Each passage identifies how its wording was recorded.

Passage 1 · OpenMath paraphrasePermalink

Original paper abstract, SIAM J. Comput. 4(4), 431–442, DOI 10.1137/0204037

There are recursive oracles A and B with P^A = NP^A and P^B ≠ NP^B.

Passage details

Passage ID: pnp-entry-relativization:v1

Source item: relativization

Source record: pnp-bgs@doi-10.1137/0204037-abstract-observed-2026-10-10

Used in

Explicit citations in versioned problem publications. A citation records a use; it does not confer proof or independent verification.

P versus NP →

Problem publication v14

Relativizing techniques cannot settle P versus NP →

Source assessment

Proved

Established implication or scoped theorem in cited mathematics

A limitation of relativizing proofs for the unrelativized question.

Observed Oct 10, 2026

Problem context · 2 citations

Credits

Recorded authorship

Theodore Baker · John Gill · Robert Solovay

Theodore Baker; John Gill; Robert Solovay

AI involvement not reported

AI involvement is not reported by this cited source; this is not a claim of its absence.

Versions

OpenMath source records preserve exact citations. Observation dates order these records; they do not establish the latest upstream paper or proof.

  1. doi-10.1137/0204037-abstract-observed-2026-10-10 · selectedObserved Oct 10, 2026 · used in current publications

    Baker–Gill–Solovay · Relativizations of the P =? NP question

Record details
Source ID
pnp-bgs
Record ID
pnp-bgs@doi-10.1137/0204037-abstract-observed-2026-10-10
Recorded title
Baker–Gill–Solovay · Relativizations of the P =? NP question
Revision
doi-10.1137/0204037-abstract-observed-2026-10-10
Observed
Oct 10, 2026
Source updated
Not recorded
Content SHA-256
Not recorded
Update method
Manual primary-source check; changes require a new source version and staff publication.
Identifier policy
Source URL and exact theorem/section locator; no inferred identity merge.
Check interval
30 days
Rights
metadata-link
License
Full-text redistribution rights not asserted

Only metadata and original OpenMath paraphrases are published; proof PDFs remain at their source.

Source terms ↗