Re: A Definition of an Algorithm



Per Freem wrote

have you seen the entry on "Algorithm" in MITECS? a comparison with
your account would be interesting.

They give the usual definiton. "An algorithm is a recipe, method, or
technique for doing something. "
What is a technique?


sidenote: do you have the latex src of the paper? i am interested to
see how these diagrams were made; they were very helpful to the
exposition.

The diagrams were made with qtree. Send me a private note and I will
send you a
chunk of code.

---Noson

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