Question at position 23 What does it mean if a problem belongs to the class P? Its solution can be verified but not found in polynomial timeIt cannot be solved by any algorithmIts solution can neither be verified nor found in polynomial timeIt can be solved in polynomial timeClear my selection题目解析

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To analyze what it means for a problem to belong to the class P, we need to recall the definition of P in computational complexity theory. 
Option 1: 'Its solution can be verified but not found in polynomial time' suggests a verifiable-but-inefficient property that is characteristic of certain problems in NP, where verification is polynomial for given solutions, but this statement asserts both verification and non-polynomial search, which is inconsistent with P's definition. This option misstates the core idea of P.
Option 2: 'It cannot be solved by any algorithm' claims unsolvability, which contradicts the existence of a polynomial-time algorithm for problems in P. Since P is a class of problems solvable efficiently by an algorithm, this option is incorrect.
Option 3: 'Its solution can neither be verified nor found in polynomial time' denies the essential feature of P, which is solvability by a polynomial-time algorithm, and also suggests neither solving nor verifying in polynomial time, incompatible with P. This option contradicts the very premise of P.
Option 4: 'It can be solved in polynomial time' correctly captures the defining property of P: there exists a deterministic algorithm that solves the problem in time that grows polynomially with the input size. This aligns with the standard characterization of P as the set of decision problems solvable in polynomial time.
In summary, the other options either conflate P with NP characteristics (verification in polynomial time) or claim impossibility or non-verifiability, which do not apply to problems in P. The only option that matches the formal definition is the one stating polynomial-time solvability.

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