The Gemini_Vega Validation: Cracking Vertex Cover in Linear Time
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An AI_Powered Stress Test of the Hvala Algorithm Executive Summary Can a historically NP_Hard problem be solved with high accuracy in linear time? This experiment documents a collaborative journey between independent research (Frank Vega's Hvala algorithm) and Gemini AI to stress_test the limits of the Minimum Vertex Cover (MVC) problem. We successfully moved from small-scale benchmarks to a 500,000-node "extreme" test, proving that version v0.0.8 of the algorithm maintains a stable approximation ratio while scaling linearly.