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8note
on Sept 5, 2020
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Mathematicians should stop naming things after eac...
You could also generalize the person name "algorithm" with "method for solving things" and it would be more readable.
hcs
on Sept 5, 2020
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Not sure if this is what you meant, but this reminded me that "algorithm" is ultimately named after a mathematician
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Musa_al-Khwarizmi
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