# The importance of being biased

@article{Dinur2002TheIO,
title={The importance of being biased},
author={Irit Dinur and Shmuel Safra},
journal={Electron. Colloquium Comput. Complex.},
year={2002},
volume={TR01}
}
• Published 19 May 2002
• Mathematics, Computer Science
• Electron. Colloquium Comput. Complex.
(MATH) We show that the Minimum Vertex Cover problem is NP-hard to approximate to within any factor smaller than $10\sqrt{5}-21 \approx 1.36067$, improving on the previously known hardness result for a $\frac{7}{6}$ factor.
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