Important Algorithms That Helped Define Math, Computing, Physics
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Important Algorithms That Helped Define Math, Computing, Physics
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#2> 4. Boolean (Binary) Algebra
Doesn't exactly qualify as an algorithm.
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#3QR codes have something to do with Eigenvalues?
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#4QR codes have something to do with Eigenvalues?
QR Algorithm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_algorithm
Q and R stand for matrices.
QR Code: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code
QR stands for Quick Response
The QR Code in the article encodes the string "Algorithm For Computing Eigenvalues" and is meant as a pun/joke, I suppose.
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#5This article is a bit vapid, not to mention full of ads and distracting nonsense.
For a more modern and nuanced list, check out the "top 10 algorithms with the greatest influence on applied mathematics in the 20th century"
http://blog.press.princeton.edu/2016/04/27/nicholas-j-higham...
Re: Important Algorithms That Helped Define Math, Computing, Physics
#6This article is a bit vapid, not to mention full of ads and distracting nonsense. For a more modern and nuanced list, check out the "top 10 algorithms with the greatest influence on applied mathematics in the 20th century" http://blog.press.princeton.edu/2016/04/27/nicholas-j-higham...
Thanks for the link. The author is an editor of the Princeton Companion to Applied Mathematics, which also contains very high quality writing and a book I recommend to anyone interested in mathematics and engineering.
I agree that this is a flawed article: the ads are irritating, the grammar is flawed, and calling boolean algebra an algorithm is inaccurate.
But looking past the flaws, I wouldn't describe it as vapid. I see it as more of a very high level survey of some truly important algorithms targeted at general population and students. This kind of writing can be an incredibly important source of inspiration for young people.
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#7The B-tree tree-search algorithm (and variations of) is very common for database indexing, and is found in some file systems.