Reduce the
SAT problem to the
SET COVERING problem.
These problems are defined as follows:
- SAT: given a boolean formula F in conjunctive normal form, is F
satisfiable?
More formally, this problem can be defined as the following set:
{F=C1∧…∧Cn∣F satisfiable}
- SET COVERING: given a natural k and a collection of finite sets
S1,…,Sn, is there a cover for S1∪…∪Sn of size at most
k? In other words, is there a selection of at most k of such sets Si
such that their union equals the union of all the sets S1,…,Sn?
More formally, this problem can be defined as the following set:
{⟨k,⟨S1,…,Sn⟩⟩∣S1,…,Sn finite sets∧∃{i1,…,im}⊆{1,…,n}:(m≤k∧(S1∪…∪Sn)=(Si1∪…∪Sim))}
The input and output of the reduction conform to the following data types: