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This page names the family of related algorithms that a specific algorithm belongs to. Wikipedia notes that an algorithm produces "a solution to a given computational problem," and many algorithms solving the same problem form a recognized family or group. Browsing this way moves between an algorithm and its close relatives.

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Era of Emergence
1947 CE 1
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1. Wikipedia: Numerical analysis
WikipediaNumerical analysis, History section
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The origins of modern numerical analysis are often linked to a 1947 paper by John von Neumann and Herman Goldstine, but others consider modern numerical analysis to go back to work by E. T. Whittaker in 1912.
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