## The parallel complexity of coarsest set partition problems.(English)Zbl 0780.68056

Summary: We investigate two different versions of coarsest set partition problems. They are (1) single-function coarsest set partition, and (2) multi- function coarsest set partition. We classify the parallel complexity of these two problems and present for them several parallel algorithms. We also note that the single-relation and multi-relation coarsest set partition problems are both $$P$$-complete.

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 68Q25 Analysis of algorithms and problem complexity 68W15 Distributed algorithms
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