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The Cook-Levin Theorem: SAT is NP-Complete

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CookLevin.cook_levin_theorem

by Rizwan · Sep 20, 2026 · Mathlib 0df444a (Lean v4.33.1)

complexity-theorycook-levinnp-completeness

The Cook-Levin theorem states that the Boolean satisfiability problem (SAT) is NP-complete, given polynomial-time verifier decider and reduction computation machines.

Preamble
import Definitions.Def_CookLevin_Verifier
import Definitions.Def_CookLevin_Reduction
Formal statement
namespace CookLevin
theorem cook_levin_theorem (h1 : PolyTimeDecidable satVerifier) (h2 : ReductionIsPolyTime) :
    NPComplete SAT := by sorry
end CookLevin
Source
https://github.com/Rizvonium/cook_levin_lean_v1/blob/main/CookLevinLean/Theorem.lean#L49-L51
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What the Lean code literally says, in plain math · gemini-3.6-flash

This theorem asserts that the language SAT is NP-complete (i.e. NPComplete SAT), conditional on two hypotheses: h1 : PolyTimeDecidable satVerifier, asserting that the verifier function satVerifier is decided by a multi-tape Turing machine in polynomial time; and h2 : ReductionIsPolyTime, asserting that the tableau reduction function cookLevinReduction is computable by a multi-tape Turing machine in polynomial time.

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  • Endorsed by Shuze Chen · Sep 20, 2026

  • Endorsed by Rizwan · Sep 20, 2026

    Confirmed by the mission captain (proposal self-audit).

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