A Solution of the P versus NP Problem; replaced by On the Approximation Method and the P versus NP Problem

Candidate status

Register census note

Inclusion basis

The v1 title and abstract expressly presented a solution and concluded P≠NP; later versions and public discussion belong to the same author-and-claim lineage.

Links recorded by the census

The same link-list treatment is used across both corpora. These 63 post-2016 URLs carry the census’s dated link state; the 45-of-174 link-rot statistic remains explicitly historical.

• Link retained by the post-2016 census

  Live at census

  https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.03486

  Link status recorded by the census on 24 July 2026. This dated census status is separate from the held 174-link historical HEAD probe.

• Link retained by the post-2016 census

  Live at census

  https://rjlipton.com/2017/08/17/on-the-edge-of-eclipses-and-pnp/

  Link status recorded by the census on 24 July 2026. This dated census status is separate from the held 174-link historical HEAD probe.

Post-2016 census provenance

Source

post-2016 discovery sweep

Venue type

arXiv

Arxiv id

1708.03486

V1 date

2017-08-11

Latest version

v3 (2020-06-15)

Status

claim withdrawn/replaced; current record is not formally withdrawn

Discovery queries

• arXiv ti:"P versus NP" + resolution language
• Gödel's Lost Letter 2016+ P=NP claim discussion

Cite this dossier

The P versus NP Register. “Dossier 117: A Solution of the P versus NP Problem; replaced by On the Approximation Method and the P versus NP Problem.” Post-2016 Register census entry; as of 26 July 2026.

@misc{pvnp-register-117-2026,
  author = {{The P versus NP Register}},
  title = {A Solution of the P versus NP Problem; replaced by On the Approximation Method and the P versus NP Problem},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Post-2016 census dossier 117; unadjudicated; as of 2026-07-26}
}