Word: algorithmic
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Dates: during 1971-1971
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Starting with a rough approximation of the root derived from the mathematically well-known Pell Equation, Dutka devised a special algorithm (mathematical procedure) that enabled a computer to refine that answer to an extraordinary degree. After 471 hours of computer time and billions upon billions of individual calculations, the electronic brain ticked off an answer that was correct to at least 1,000,082 digits...