This dimension groups algorithms by the ACM subject area they fall under. Wikipedia notes that the ACM Computing Classification System "is a subject classification system for computing devised by the Association for Computing Machinery," used to organize computing subjects by area. Browsing this way collects every algorithm classified under the same ACM area.
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1. Wikipedia: Graph theory
WikipediaGraph theory, History section, term-origin sentenceQuote, Graph theory, History section, term-origin sentence
The term "graph" was introduced by James Joseph Sylvester in a paper published in 1878 in Nature, where he drew an analogy between "quantic invariants" and "co-variants" of algebra and molecular diagrams.
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