Algorithms are central to modern mathematics and computer science. They are explicit procedures valued for their clarity, ...

Sophie Huiberts is a Junior Fellow with the Simons Society of Fellows. From search engines to traffic signals, computer algorithms are a central part of our daily lives. Some algorithms, such as those ...

In 1996, Dor, Halperin, and Zwick introduced an influential method that delivered a “2-approximation” in nearly optimal time. Its estimate would not exceed twice the true shortest distance. If two ...

Algorithms are central to modern mathematics and computer science. They are explicit procedures valued for their clarity, efficiency and beauty ...