Which is your favorite Machine Learning Algorithm? originally appeared on Quora: the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. Answer by Carlos ...

I disagree with Nicola Dixon’s claim that “Experts had suspected a polynomial-time algorithm was possible” (17 August, p 9). The general feeling was that such an algorithm does not exist. “Heavy ...

"Earlier today I made an off-hand quip on Twitter in response to Jer Thorp tweeting a link to 3D Voronoi code (incidentally written by the excellent Frederik Vanhoutte.) The following snowball chain ...

Computer scientists in India have cracked an age-old mathematical problem by designing a method for computers to quickly prove whether a figure is a prime number--a vital step in cryptography. RSA, a ...