English Explanatory Dictionary

God's algorithm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An optimal algorithm that finds the solution with the fewest moves.

Word forms

God's algorithm

Etymology

From the notion that God could compute the optimal solution of a puzzle and use it. Coined by David Singmaster in 1980 in connection with the Rubik's cube.

Related words

God's number
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