.. _independentSet_to_vertexCover: .. raw:: html .. |--| unicode:: U+2013 .. en dash .. |---| unicode:: U+2014 .. em dash, trimming surrounding whitespace :trim: .. odsalink:: AV/NP/IStoVCCON.css .. This file is part of the OpenDSA eTextbook project. See .. http://opendsa.org for more details. .. Copyright (c) 2012-2020 by the OpenDSA Project Contributors, and .. distributed under an MIT open source license. .. avmetadata:: :author: Nabanita Maji :topic: NP-completeness Reduction of Independent Set to Vertex Cover ============================================ Independent Set to Vertex Cover ------------------------------- The following slideshow shows that an instance of Independent Set problem can be reduced to an instance of Vertex Cover problem in polynomial time. .. inlineav:: IStoVCCON ss :points: 0.0 :required: False :threshold: 1.0 :id: 205588 :long_name: IS to VC Reduction :output: show This reduction can help in providing an NP Completeness proof for the Vertex Cover problem. .. odsascript:: AV/NP/IStoVCCON.js