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22 Artiom Alhazov, Carlos Martín-Vide, and Linqiang Pan<br />

Let us denote by AM the class <strong>of</strong> recognizing P systems with active membranes<br />

and with 2-division. Then from Theorem 1 and Theorem 2 we have<br />

VCP ∈ LMCAM ⊆ PMCAM and CP ∈ LMCAM ⊆ PMCAM. Because<br />

the class PMCAM is stable under polynomial time reduction, we have<br />

NP ⊆ PMCAM. Similarly, from Theorem 3 we have VCP ∈ PMC S AM<br />

and NP ⊆ PMC S AM , which can also be obtained from VCP ∈ PMCAM,<br />

NP ⊆ PMCAM and the fact PMCAM ⊆ PMC S AM .<br />

The following problems are open:<br />

(1) Does NP = PMCAM or NP = PMC S AM hold?<br />

(2) Find a class F <strong>of</strong> P systems such that NP = PMCF or NP = PMC S F .<br />

Acknowledgments. The work <strong>of</strong> the first author was supported by grant<br />

2001CAJAL-BURV from Rovira i Virgili University; the work <strong>of</strong> the last author<br />

was supported by grant DGU-SB2001-0092 from Spanish Ministry for Education,<br />

Culture, and Sport, National Natural Science Foundation <strong>of</strong> China (Grant<br />

No. 60373089), and Huazhong University <strong>of</strong> Science and Technology Foundation.<br />

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