- HAKMEM
HAKMEM, alternatively known as AI Memo 239, is a
1972 "memo" (technical report ) of theMIT AI Lab that describes a wide variety of hacks, primarily useful and cleveralgorithm s for mathematical computation. There are also someschematic diagram s forhardware . Contributors included about two dozen members and associates of the AI Lab.HAKMEM is notable as an early compendium of algorithmic technique, particularly for its practical bent, and as an illustration of the wide-ranging interests of AI Lab people of the time, which included almost anything other than AI research.
HAKMEM contains original work in some fields, notably
continued fractions .References
The bibliographical reference for this memo is:
*Beeler, Michael; Gosper, R. William; and Schroeppel, Rich; "HAKMEM", Memo 239, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., 1972.External links
* [http://home.pipeline.com/~hbaker1/hakmem/hakmem.html HAKMEM]
* [ftp://publications.ai.mit.edu/ai-publications/pdf/AIM-239.pdf HAKMEM facsimile (PDF)]
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