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[Oops.] should "elementary algorism" be "elementary algorithm"? #197

Open keniiyoshi opened 4 years ago

keniiyoshi commented 4 years ago

Preface->Prerequisites->page ii->third-last bullet:

I think "elementary algorism" was a typo for "elementary algorithm". If not, it would be great if you can, perhaps as a short footnote, refer to page 2 (Introduction section) and note that "algorism" is not a typo, but an English transliteration of Mr. الخوارزمی !

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• Fundamental algorithms: elementary algorism, sequential search, binary search, sorting (selection, insertion, merge, heap, quick, radix, and so on), breadth- and depth-first search in (at least binary) trees, and most importantly, the difference between this list and the previous list.