
Turing reductions
A Turing reduction is a way to solve one problem by using a solution to another problem as a helper. Imagine you have a difficult puzzle, and instead of solving it directly, you use a tool or method that already solves a related problem. If you can figure out a solution to your original puzzle by repeatedly asking this tool questions, that's a Turing reduction. It models how a computer program can reduce a complex problem to a simpler or known problem, helping us understand problem complexity and relationships in computer science.