Algorithm

A specific set of instructions for carrying out a procedure or solving a problem, usually with the requirement that the procedure terminate at some point. Specific algorithms sometimes also go by the name Method, Procedure, or Technique. The word ``algorithm'' is a distortion of al-Khwarizmi, an Arab mathematician who wrote an influential treatise about algebraic methods.

See also 196-Algorithm, Algorithmic Complexity, Archimedes Algorithm, Bhaskara-Brouckner Algorithm, Borchardt-Pfaff Algorithm, Brelaz's Heuristic Algorithm, Buchberger's Algorithm, Bulirsch-Stoer Algorithm, Bumping Algorithm, CLEAN Algorithm, Computable Function, Continued Fraction Factorization Algorithm, Decision Problem, Dijkstra's Algorithm, Euclidean Algorithm, Ferguson-Forcade Algorithm, Fermat's Algorithm, Floyd's Algorithm, Gaussian Approximation Algorithm, Genetic Algorithm, Gosper's Algorithm, Greedy Algorithm, Hasse's Algorithm, HJLS Algorithm, Jacobi Algorithm, Kruskal's Algorithm, Levine-O'Sullivan Greedy Algorithm, LLL Algorithm, Markov Algorithm, Miller's Algorithm, Neville's Algorithm, Newton's Method, Prime Factorization Algorithms, Primitive Recursive Function, Program, PSLQ Algorithm, PSOS Algorithm, Quotient-Difference Algorithm, Risch Algorithm, Schrage's Algorithm, Shanks' Algorithm, Spigot Algorithm, Syracuse Algorithm, Total Function, Turing Machine, Zassenhaus-Berlekamp Algorithm, Zeilberger's Algorithm

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