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Proof technique in computational complexity theory

In computational complexity theory, the padding argument is a tool to conditionally prove that if some complexity classes are equal, then some other bigger classes are also equal. This type of argument is also sometimes used for space complexity classes, alternating classes, and bounded alternating classes. Wikipedia →

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