Algorithm

by Brentjes, Sonja

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Algorithm , as the word is used today, can be summarised as a computable set of steps to achieve a desired result. 1. Genesis of the name The word “algorithm” was formed in several stages from the nisba of Muḥammad b. Mūsā al-Khwārazmī (d. c.232/847), the author of a text on Indian arithmetic that was translated into Latin in the early sixth/twelfth century. Starting as a personal name, the word became a synonym for Indian arithmetic—that is, positional decimal arithmetic—and then came to signi…

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Algorithm , as the word is used today, can be summarised as a computable set of steps to achieve a desired result. 1. Genesis of the name The word “algorithm” was formed in several stages from the nisba of Muḥammad b. Mūsā al-Khwārazmī (d. c.232/847), the author of a text on Indian arithmetic that was translated into Latin in the early sixth/twelfth century. Starting as a personal name, the word became a synonym for Indian arithmetic—that is, positional decimal arithmetic—and then came to signify a

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  • Publisher(s):Brill
  • Language:eng

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  • wc:ALei824

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eng Islam

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Brentjes, Sonja

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