A friend an I are attempting to write an efficient big number class in C++, and a problem we keep having is designing a fast division/modulus function. The only way I've thought of to do division ...

Students learn a whole host of algorithms in the elementary grades, such as “regrouping” when adding or subtracting numbers, or the steps they take to solve long division. But algorithms show ...

Learn what an algorithm is with this KS1 primary computing guide from BBC Bitesize for years 1 and 2. We will define what an algorithm is and how they work.

In his book The Master Algorithm, Pedro Domingos offers a masterfully simple definition: “An algorithm is,” Domingos writes, “a sequence of instructions telling a computer what to do.” ...