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  2. Collatz conjecture - Wikipedia

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    The parity sequence is the same as the sequence of operations. Using this form for f(n), it can be shown that the parity sequences for two numbers m and n will agree in the first k terms if and only if m and n are equivalent modulo 2 k. This implies that every number is uniquely identified by its parity sequence, and moreover that if there are ...

  3. Iterative method - Wikipedia

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    In contrast, direct methods attempt to solve the problem by a finite sequence of operations. In the absence of rounding errors , direct methods would deliver an exact solution (for example, solving a linear system of equations A x = b {\displaystyle A\mathbf {x} =\mathbf {b} } by Gaussian elimination ).

  4. Quasi-Monte Carlo method - Wikipedia

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    In numerical analysis, the quasi-Monte Carlo method is a method for numerical integration and solving some other problems using low-discrepancy sequences (also called quasi-random sequences or sub-random sequences) to achieve variance reduction.

  5. Algorithm - Wikipedia

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    Flowchart of using successive subtractions to find the greatest common divisor of number r and s. In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm (/ ˈ æ l ɡ ə r ɪ ð əm / ⓘ) is a finite sequence of mathematically rigorous instructions, typically used to solve a class of specific problems or to perform a computation. [1]

  6. Monte Carlo method - Wikipedia

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    Monte Carlo simulations invert this approach, solving deterministic problems using probabilistic metaheuristics (see simulated annealing). An early variant of the Monte Carlo method was devised to solve the Buffon's needle problem , in which π can be estimated by dropping needles on a floor made of parallel equidistant strips.

  7. Dynamic programming - Wikipedia

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    The dynamic programming approach to solve this problem involves breaking it apart into a sequence of smaller decisions. To do so, we define a sequence of value functions V t ( k ) {\displaystyle V_{t}(k)} , for t = 0 , 1 , 2 , … , T , T + 1 {\displaystyle t=0,1,2,\ldots ,T,T+1} which represent the value of having any amount of capital k at ...

  8. Longest increasing subsequence - Wikipedia

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    The algorithm outlined below solves the longest increasing subsequence problem efficiently with arrays and binary searching. It processes the sequence elements in order, maintaining the longest increasing subsequence found so far. Denote the sequence values as [], [], …, etc.

  9. Divide-and-conquer algorithm - Wikipedia

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    The divide-and-conquer paradigm is often used to find an optimal solution of a problem. Its basic idea is to decompose a given problem into two or more similar, but simpler, subproblems, to solve them in turn, and to compose their solutions to solve the given problem. Problems of sufficient simplicity are solved directly.