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Four-Russians

Four-Russians noun: method of Four Russians: a technique for speeding up certain matrix operations by partitioning the matrix into smaller blocks associated with lookup tables.

Noun

Four-Russians (uncountable)

  1. (attributive) Method of Four Russians: a technique for speeding up certain matrix operations by partitioning the matrix into smaller blocks associated with lookup tables.
    • Four-Russians method
    • Four-Russians technique

Origin of Four-Russians

Introduced by four Russians: V. L. Arlazarov, E. A. Dinic, M. A. Kronrod, and I. A. Faradzev, in 1970.

Questions about Four-Russians

What does Four-Russians mean?
Four-Russians means method of Four Russians: a technique for speeding up certain matrix operations by partitioning the matrix into smaller blocks associated with lookup tables.
What part of speech is Four-Russians?
Four-Russians is a noun.

Words near Four-Russians in the dictionary

  1. four-pounder
  2. four-pounders
  3. four-quadrant
  4. four-ring
  5. four-rings
  6. Four-Russians
  7. four-score
  8. four-seam fastball
  9. four-seam fastballs
  10. four-seamer
  11. four-seamers

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