Computational Theory Questions
The Cook-Levin theorem, also known as Cook's theorem, states that the Boolean satisfiability problem (SAT) is NP-complete. This means that any problem in the complexity class NP can be reduced to the SAT problem in polynomial time. The theorem was proven by Stephen Cook in 1971 and is considered a landmark result in computational theory. It provided the foundation for understanding the complexity of various computational problems and played a crucial role in the development of the theory of NP-completeness.