Accession Number:
ADA089912
Title:
Algorithms in Modern Mathematics and Computer Science.
Descriptive Note:
Technical rept.,
Corporate Author:
STANFORD UNIV CA DEPT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE
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Report Date:
1980-01-01
Pagination or Media Count:
28.0
Abstract:
The life and work of the ninth century scientist al-Khwarizmi, the father of algebra and algorithms, is surveyed briefly. Then a random sampling technique is used in an attempt to better understand the kinds of thinking that good mathematicians and computer scientists do and to analyze whether such thinking is significantly algorithmic in nature. Author
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Subject Categories:
- Humanities and History
- Theoretical Mathematics
- Cybernetics