# Turing Award Winner: P vs NP, Zero-Knowledge Proofs, Quantum Computation | Avi Wigderson

DevFeed: [Turing Award Winner: P vs NP, Zero-Knowledge Proofs, Quantum Computation | Avi Wigderson](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/turing-award-winner-p-vs-np-zero-knowledge-proofs-quantum-computation-avi-wigderson-18100.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.developing.dev/p/turing-award-winner-p-vs-np-zero>)

Author: Ryan Peterman

Published: 2026-06-01T10:02:09Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The Developing Dev](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-developing-dev.md>)

Topics: [Algorithms, Complexity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/algorithms-complexity.md>), [Computer science](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/computer-science.md>), [Programming](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/programming.md>)

Tags: [algorithm](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/algorithm.md>), [algorithms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/algorithms.md>), [computer-science](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/computer-science.md>)

## AI overview

An interview with Avi Wigderson explains the P versus NP problem as a question about which problems computers can solve efficiently and which solutions can be efficiently checked. The discussion connects these ideas to algorithms and real-world applications such as navigation.

## Source excerpt

His field of study & life's work