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Vertex-Cover Problem

A vertex cover of an undirected graph G = (V, E) is a subset V' $\subseteq$ V such that each edge in E is incident on at least one of the vertices in V'.



VC = \(\{\langle G, k \rangle: G = (V, E)\) is a graph, and \(\exists V'
\subseteq V\) such that \(\mid V' \mid \leq k\) and \(\forall (u,v) \in E\), either $u \in V'$ or $v \in V'$ (or both) }



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VC = {$\langle$G, k$\rangle$$\mid$ graph G has vertex cover of size k}


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