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Introduced by four Russians: V. L. Arlazarov, E. A. Dinic, M. A. Kronrod, and I. A. Faradzev, in 1970.
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Four-Russians
Today it means: Method of Four Russians: a technique for speeding up certain matrix operations by partitioning the matrix into smaller blocks associated with lookup tables. Full definition →