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Remark: 125-02. The approximation threshold for metric k-median

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Authors: OpenAI. Family 125.

Title: The approximation threshold for metric k-median.

Abstract: For every fixed ε > 0, we give a deterministic polynomial-time $(1+2/e+{}varepsilon)$-approximation for finite rational metric k-median with specified candidate facilities, opening at most k facilities. Under $P{}ne NP$, the infimum approximation factor in this model is therefore $1+2/e$.

This abstract is a catalogue record. It is not a verification and not a premise. It does not close O.1. O.1 stays NOT_CLOSED. No quantum coefficient is admitted. No compilation is asserted.

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