Improved lower bounds on the approximability of the traveling salesman problem
RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 34 (2000) no. 3, pp. 213-255.
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Böckenhauer, Hans-Joachim; Seibert, Sebastian. Improved lower bounds on the approximability of the traveling salesman problem. RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 34 (2000) no. 3, pp. 213-255. http://www.numdam.org/item/ITA_2000__34_3_213_0/

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