Lam's problem

Lam's problem is a concept in the field of theoretical computer science, specifically related to the study of complexity theory and parallel computation. The problem is primarily associated with the work of the computer scientist K. P. Lam. In essence, Lam's problem focuses on the challenge of determining whether a given parallel computation can be efficiently simulated or executed on a sequential machine. This can involve various aspects, including the structure of the computation, resource constraints, and the inherent parallelism present in the tasks.