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In order to illustrate an introduction on computational complexity, I am trying to find examples of real-life problems for every one of the main complexity classes: $P$, $NP$, $EXP$, $R$ and undecidable.

The idea is to have at least one problem per class that is easy to explain, and that is not in the previous class (assuming $P ≠ NP$ and $NP ≠ EXP$).

So far, I have:

  • $P$: cycle detection in a graph
  • $NP$: Travelling Salesman or Tetris
  • $EXP$: Generalized Chess or Go
  • $R$: ???
  • undecidable: Halting problem

Any idea for $R$?

FClad
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  • You have the mathematical description of some NEXPTIME-complete problem here, it is up to you to imagine a real-life situation similar to it : https://books.google.fr/books?id=-X39_rA3VSQC&pg=PA103&lpg=PA103&dq=NEXPTIME+complete+problem&source=bl&ots=_7raQSsH_u&sig=W6n4IzR9qQPVd8mOif2PzAtKpFg&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiyw6GZntfMAhWGDMAKHTw1C7UQ6AEISTAF#v=onepage&q=NEXPTIME%20complete%20problem&f=false – Vincent May 13 '16 at 14:23

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