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What is an algorithm?

Algorithms

1 December 2021

Originally a way of solving complicated equations with moving variables, the modern definition of an algorithm is morphing

Nira Chamberlain: The maths that can stop an apocalypse

Nira Chamberlain: The maths that can stop an apocalypse

25 October 2018

If you want to stop robots taking over the world, put your faith in one weapon, says Nira Chamberlain: maths

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