Four-Russians

noun

Method of Four Russians: a technique for speeding up certain matrix operations by partitioning the matrix into smaller blocks associated with lookup tables.

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Meanings

nounFour-Russians (uncountable)
  1. attributiveuncountablecomputingMethod of Four Russians: a technique for speeding up certain matrix operations by partitioning the matrix into smaller blocks associated with lookup tables.

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Origin

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. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Four-Russians

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“Four-Russians.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Four-Russians. Accessed November 4, 2026.

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