baumhaus.digital/Design & Computation/Perspectives in Engineering/IOPS/Heuristics/Mathematico-logical heuristics/3-SAT Problem
The 3-SAT (3-Satisfiability) problem is a classic question in computer science and mathematical logic. It's a specific type of Boolean satisfiability problem. In 3-SAT, you're given a formula composed of several clauses, where each clause is a disjunction (an "OR" operation) of exactly three literals (variables or their negations). The challenge is to determine if there exists an assignment of truth values (true or false) to the variables that makes the entire formula true. This problem is known for being NP-complete, meaning it's easy to check a solution but potentially very hard to find one, especially as the number of variables increases. This characteristic makes 3-SAT important in theoretical computer science, particularly in studies related to computational complexity.