algorithms

What’s Inside a Black Hole? Quantum Computers May Be Able to Simulate It

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Both quantum computing and machine learning have been touted as the next big computer revolution for a fair while now. However, experts have pointed out that these techniques aren’t generalized tools – they will only be the great leap forward in computer power for very specialized algorithms, and even more rarely will they be able … Read more

Medical Algorithms Need Better Regulation

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Opinion Many do not require FDA approval, and those that do often do not undergo clinical trials Credit: Thomas FuchsOpinion Many do not require FDA approval, and those that do often do not undergo clinical trials By: Soleil Shah, close Soleil Shah is a medical student at the Stanford University School of Medicine and a … Read more

Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi | Persian polymath

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Persian mathematician Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, sometimes known as the father of algebra, was one of the most influential thinkers of all time. He revolutionised algebra and his seminal works in mathematics, astronomy and geography have proved to be the keystone for centuries of advances across the world. Al-Khwarizmi was born in about AD 780, … Read more

What is an algorithm? | New Scientist

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Although human civilisation had been pondering the many nuances of mathematics since before the time of the ancient Greeks, it was the 9th-century Persian polymath Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi who developed the concept of algebra, allowing us to solve complicated equations with moving variables. It was his work that formed the foundation of what we … Read more