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Programming Algorithms in Lisp: Writing Efficient Programs with Examples in ANSI Common Lisp
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Programming Algorithms in Lisp: Writing Efficient Programs with Examples in ANSI Common Lisp

by Vsevolod Domkin
January 2021
Intermediate to advanced
380 pages
8h 46m
English
Apress
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V. DomkinProgramming Algorithms in Lisphttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6428-7_13

13. Approximation

Vsevolod Domkin1  
(1)
Kyiv, Ukraine
 
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This chapter will be a collection of stuff from somewhat related but still distinct domains. What unites it is that all the algorithms we will discuss are, after all, targeted at calculating approximations to some mathematical functions. There are no advanced data structures involved, neither is the aim to find a clever way to improve the runtime of some common operations. No, these algorithms are about calculations and computing an acceptable result within the allocated time budget.

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