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"Proving a Link Between Logic and Origami," by Barry Cipra. Science, 6 February 1998, pages 804-805.

This article discusses an intriguing link between the Japanese art of origami and the major outstanding question in theoretical computer science, the question of whether P equals NP.

--- Allyn Jackson

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