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> I wonder what proportion of "pure" CS algorithms can be conceptualized as an application of one of the fixed point theorems and/or properties of monotone oper
by psykotic 14y ago
> I wonder what proportion of "pure" CS algorithms can be conceptualized as an application of one of the fixed point theorems and/or properties of monotone operators.
You might enjoy http://www.amazon.com/Graphs-Dioids-Semirings-Algorithms-Operations/dp/0387754490 http://www.amazon.com/Graphs-Dioids-Semirings-Algorithms-Ope.... It has some cool ideas, but you'll first have to wade through a sea of abstract nonsense a la Bourbaki.