Does rote following of an algorithm give you a firm understanding of mathematics?
Give an example of "rote algorithm."
41 posted on 12/18/2011 10:46:16 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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Counting in base ten is a rote algorithm. Note that the Greeks didn't have this technology, for all their mathematical advancements, and that it came to Europe only in the Renaissance.