SAT was the first known NP-complete problem, as proved by Stephen Cook in 1971 ( see Cook's theorem for the proof ).

It was introduced in 1971 by Stephen Cook in his seminal paper " The complexity of theorem proving procedures " and is considered by many to be the most important open problem in the field.

* Cook, Stephen L., " The social roots of biblical Yahwism " ( Society of Biblical Literature, 2004 )

Stephen Cook coined the name " Nick's class " after Nick Pippenger, who had done extensive research on circuits with polylogarithmic depth and polynomial size.

Cook has been described by Stephen Fry as " the funniest man who ever drew breath ", although his work was also controversial.

For the task, Prime Minister Stephen Harper convened a special search group — the Governor General Consultation Committee — which consisted of Sheila-Marie Cook, secretary to the Governor General ( the chairperson ); Canadian Secretary to the Queen and Usher of the Black Rod Kevin MacLeod ; Christopher Manfredi, dean of the Faculty of Arts at McGill University ; Rainer Knopff, a political scientist at the University of Calgary ; Father Jacques Monet, of the Canadian Institute of Jesuit Studies ; and Christopher McCreery, historian and private secretary to the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.

Stephen Arthur Cook ( born December 14, 1939, Buffalo, New York ) is a renowned American-Canadian computer scientist and mathematician who has made major contributions to the fields of complexity theory and proof complexity.

* Home page of Stephen A. Cook

* Oral history interview with Stephen Cook at Charles Babbage Institute, University of Minnesota.

* Stephen Cook at DBLP

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The power of these theories for developing mathematics is studied in Bounded Reverse Mathematics as can be found in the works of Stephen A. Cook and Phuong The Nguyen.

* Logical Foundations of Proof Complexity by Stephen A. Cook and Phuong The Nguyen

Historian Stephen Turnbull asserts that the ninja were mostly recruited from the lower class, and therefore little literary interest was taken in them.

Stephen Halbrook, in " Nazi Firearms Law and the Disarming of the German Jews ," 17 Arizona Journal of International and Comparative Law, No. 3, 483-532 ( 2000 ), asserts that German arms laws were extremely lax, and even under the 1920 " Law on the Disarmament of the People ", only items such as grenades and machineguns were banned, however small arms such as rifles and pistols remained in common use.

The gap between what these two paradigms suggest is of legitimate criminological interest, is shown admirably by Stephen Box in his book Power, crime, and Mystification where he asserts that one is seven times more likely ( or was in 1983 ) to be killed as a result of negligence by one ’ s employer, than one was to be murdered in the conventional sense ( when all demographic weighting had been taken into account ).

Stephen Spector cautiously writes " The linguistic evidence indicates that the codex was recorded principally or exclusively by scribes trained in East Anglia " ( Spector, xxix ) Meredith more positively asserts that The Mary Play comes from Norfolk ( Meredith, 6 ).

In a recent work, Stephen C. Russell traces the 8th century prophetic tradition to three originally separate variants, in the northern kingdom of Israel, in Trans-Jordan, and in the southern kingdom of Judah.

More recent efforts to introduce undergraduates to categories as a foundation for mathematics include William Lawvere and Rosebrugh ( 2003 ) and Lawvere and Stephen Schanuel ( 1997 ) and Mirroslav Yotov ( 2012 ).

Events in England meant that Stephen was unable to travel to Normandy himself, so Waleran de Beaumont, appointed by Stephen as the lieutenant of Normandy, and Theobald led the efforts to defend the duchy.

His father sought custody of Stephen, but because he had left Foxy for another woman ( Alicia ), his efforts failed.

Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith publicly stated this would help " entrench the rule of law and support the Rwandan Government's efforts towards democracy and economic growth.

Carl L. Bankston III and Stephen J. Caldas, in their books A Troubled Dream: The Promise and Failure of School Desegregation in Louisiana ( 2002 ) and Forced to Fail: The Paradox of School Desegregation ( 2005 ), argued that continuing racial inequality in the larger American society had undermined efforts to force schools to desegregate.

Events in England meant that Stephen was unable to travel to Normandy himself, so Waleran de Beaumont, appointed by Stephen as the lieutenant of Normandy, and Theobald led the efforts to defend the duchy.

The group ’ s efforts for the institution began to crystallize in 1845, when Stephen William Taylor, a professor at Madison University ( now Colgate University ) in Hamilton, New York, was asked to prepare a charter and act as general agent for the university ’ s development.

Stephen Holden, of the New York Times, said it was a more coherent, heartfelt movie than Wong's previous films, without losing the stylism and brashness of his earlier efforts.

Einstein subsequently replaced special relativity with general relativity, and the theory has been advanced further since then, through the efforts of scientists such as Stephen Hawking and Roger Penrose.

Consumer protection advocate, Stephen Barrett, is a strong supporter of the HONcode and has made efforts to improve compliance with its rules and to expose those who abuse it.

For the next several weeks Garibaldi was in a coma and near death, despite Dr. Stephen Franklin's best efforts.

Stephen Conroy said the list was not the real blacklist and described its leak and publication as " grossly irresponsible " and that it undermined efforts to improve " cyber safety ".

He supported former NDP leader Stephen Lewis's recommendations on race relations in the criminal justice system, and made efforts to address racism in Ontario prisons.

These efforts are led by former students leader, youth worker and journalist, Stephen Matenga, who is currently based in The Hague, Netherlands.

Instead, until the appointment of Stephen Harper as Prime Minister, successive governments made subtle efforts to diminish the stature of the Canadian monarchy — as David Smith said: " the historic Crown with its anthem, emblems, and symbolism made accessible a past the government of the day rejected "— though never, since the reaction to some of Pierre Trudeau's proposals for alterations to the monarchy and its role in Canada, publicly revealing their stances on the Crown.

He introduced a motion in 2004 to restrict large pharmaceutical companies from renewing their patent protection, and has worked in support of Stephen Lewis's efforts to bring affordable AIDS drugs to Africa.

No further medals were awarded until the year 2003 when six medals were awarded to a crew of Police Coast Guard officers led by DSP1 Tan Wee Wah Stephen who responded and conducted rescue efforts after a collision of the Republic of Singapore Navy's RSS Courageous and a merchant ship, ANL Indonesia which occurred on 3 January 2003.

Stephen H. Weed and Strong Vincent ( who was quickly promoted not long before his death for his heroic efforts on Little Round Top ).

In the winter of 1844, the farm was the site of the efforts of African-American slave Stephen Bishop to produce a map of Mammoth Cave.

" The Whittles ' efforts to gain recognition of Stephen as their children's legal father led to X, Y and Z v. The United Kingdom before the European Court of Human Rights in 1996.

Finally, through the efforts of Stephen F. Austin and Sam Houston, Almonte, accompanied by Texas Vice-President Lorenzo de Zavala and Bailey Hardeman was sent along with Santa Anna to Washington, D. C., where they had several meetings with U. S. President Andrew Jackson.

Stephen Graves said in a TV Zone review that Mitchell's introduction in this two-part episode was entertaining enough to distract what was deemed " a little too reminiscent of the production team's own efforts to turn around the season eight finale ".