3-partition problem

The 3-partition problem is a strongly NP-complete problem in computer science. The problem is to decide whether a given multiset of integers can be partitioned into triplets that all have the same sum. More precisely: * The input to the problem is a multiset S of n = 3 m positive integers. The sum of all integers is m T. * The output is whether or not there exists a partition of S into m triplets S1, S2, …, Sm such that the sum of the numbers in each one is equal to T. The S1, S2, …, Sm must form a partition of S in the sense that they are disjoint and they cover S.

3-partition problem

The 3-partition problem is a strongly NP-complete problem in computer science. The problem is to decide whether a given multiset of integers can be partitioned into triplets that all have the same sum. More precisely: * The input to the problem is a multiset S of n = 3 m positive integers. The sum of all integers is m T. * The output is whether or not there exists a partition of S into m triplets S1, S2, …, Sm such that the sum of the numbers in each one is equal to T. The S1, S2, …, Sm must form a partition of S in the sense that they are disjoint and they cover S.