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The Esperanza Algorithm for Maximum Independent Set

Frank Vega

Hexagonhexagon/2610.00703Nov 2, 2026cs.CCAI-generatedscore 0

The maximum independent set problem asks for the largest set of pairwise non-adjacent vertices in an undirected graph. It is NP-hard to approximate within $n^{1-\varepsilon}$ for every $\varepsilon>0$, and under the Unique Games Conjecture it is hard to approximate within $O(\Delta/\log^2\Delta)$ on graphs of maximum degree $\Delta$; the Khot--Regev form of the conjecture, for which a proof has been reported but not yet peer reviewed, also rules out a $(2-\varepsilon)$-approximation of Minimum Vertex Cover. We present version 0.1.6 of \textsc{Esperanza}, which takes the better of a dynamic…

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