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An algorithm is a step-by-step set of operations that are used to perform calculations, data processing, and automated reasoning. Algorithms must be expressed in a well-defined formal language and be able to run in a finite amount of space and time to calculate a function starting from an initial state and input. While the output of some algorithms is deterministic, others incorporate random inputs and their transition between states may not be predictable. The modern concept of algorithms began with attempts in the early 20th century to define the limits of "effective calculability".

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An algorithm is a step-by-step set of operations that are used to perform calculations, data processing, and automated reasoning. Algorithms must be expressed in a well-defined formal language and be able to run in a finite amount of space and time to calculate a function starting from an initial state and input. While the output of some algorithms is deterministic, others incorporate random inputs and their transition between states may not be predictable. The modern concept of algorithms began with attempts in the early 20th century to define the limits of "effective calculability".

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In mathematics and computer science, an algorithm ( /lrm/ AL-g-ri-dhm) is a selfi

contained step-by-step set of operations to be performed. Algorithms exist that


perform calculation, data processing, and automated reasoning.
An algorithm is an effective method that can be expressed within a finite amount of space and
time[1] and in a well-defined formal language[2] for calculating a function.[3] Starting from an initial state
and initial input (perhaps empty),[4] the instructions describe acomputation that, when executed,
proceeds through a finite[5] number of well-defined successive states, eventually producing
"output"[6]and terminating at a final ending state. The transition from one state to the next is not
necessarily deterministic; some algorithms, known as randomized algorithms, incorporate random
input.[7]
The concept of algorithm has existed for centuries, however a partial formalization of what would
become the modern algorithm began with attempts to solve the Entscheidungsproblem (the
"decision problem") posed by David Hilbert in 1928. Subsequent formalizations were framed as
attempts to define "effective calculability"[8] or "effective method";[9] those formalizations included
theGdelHerbrandKleene recursive functions of 1930, 1934 and 1935, Alonzo Church's lambda
calculus of 1936, Emil Post's "Formulation 1" of 1936, and Alan Turing's Turing machines of 19367
and 1939. Giving a formal definition of algorithms, corresponding to the intuitive notion, remains a
challenging problem.

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