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heuristic — I. adjective Etymology: German heuristisch, from New Latin heuristicus, from Greek heuriskein to discover; akin to Old Irish fo fúair he found Date: 1821 involving or serving as an aid to learning, discovery, or problem solving by experimental… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Argument (disambiguation) — In general parlance, an argument is a discussion involving conflicting points of view. General types of argument * Argument, a demonstration of a proof, or using logical reasoning for persuasion * Argument form, the logical structure of an… … Wikipedia
Argument map — An Argument map is a visual representation of the structure of an argument in informal logic. It includes the components of an argument such as a main contention, premises, co premises, objections, rebuttals and lemmas.Argument Maps are often… … Wikipedia
Heuristic algorithm — In computer science, a heuristic algorithm or simply a heuristic is an algorithm that ignores whether the solution to the problem can be proven to be correct, but which usually produces a good solution or solves a simpler problem that contains or … Wikipedia
heuristic — heuristically, adv. /hyoo ris tik/ or, often, /yoo /, adj. 1. serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation. 2. encouraging a person to learn, discover, understand, or solve problems on his or her… … Universalium
heuristic — heu•ris•tic [[t]hyʊˈrɪs tɪk[/t]] or, often, [[t]yʊ [/t]] adj. 1) serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation 2) cvb encouraging a person to learn, discover, or solve problems on his or her own, as … From formal English to slang
heuristic — a. revealing; leading to discovery; using trial and error to arrive at a solution; n. such argument or process. ♦ heuristics, n. in computing, process by which a program improves its performance by learning from its own experience … Dictionary of difficult words
Goldbach's conjecture — is one of the oldest unsolved problems in number theory and in all of mathematics. It states::Every even integer greater than 2 can be written as the sum of two primes.Expressing a given even number as a sum of two primes is called a Goldbach… … Wikipedia
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Collatz conjecture — Directed graph showing the orbits of small numbers under the Collatz map. The Collatz conjecture is equivalent to the statement that all paths eventually lead to 1 … Wikipedia
