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Are all NP-complete languages log-space reducible to each other?

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Problem

NP-complete languages are reducible to each other in polynomial time. Does this mean that they are also log-space reducible to each other?

It seems as if this is true because in log-space, we can have polynomially many computations.

Solution

Wikipedia makes the following points:

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It is unknown whether all NP-complete languages are NP-complete also with respect to logspace reductions.

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However, "all known" NP-complete languages are NP-complete also with respect to logspace reductions.

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There are some hints that a weaker class of reductions, AC0 reductions, may result in a different notion of NP-completeness.

Context

StackExchange Computer Science Q#41427, answer score: 7

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