# Inapproximability of the Tutte polynomial

@article{Goldberg2008InapproximabilityOT,
title={Inapproximability of the Tutte polynomial},
author={Leslie Ann Goldberg and Mark Jerrum},
journal={Information \& Computation},
year={2008},
volume={206},
pages={908-929}
}
• Published 30 May 2006
• Mathematics
• Information & Computation

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