Re: "Algorithms" in Molecular Biology?



"kramer" <kodream@xxxxxxxxx> wrote

I guess my point is, you can't define the term algorithm, because the
concept subsumes the concept of definition.

I'm afraid this this won't do. An algorithm belongs to the discipline of
mathematics, not metaphysics. Read David Berlinski's "The Rise of the
Algorithm" for a multi-hundred page definition of the term.

JE:-
Yes "an algorithm belongs to the discipline of mathematics" but mathematics
is not a science.

Regards,

John Edser
Independent Researcher

edser@xxxxxxxxxx





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