Word of the Day
Dec. 9th, 2011 12:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mathhobbitIteration
A student of mine had never seen this word. Also, it seems oddly multipurpose:
The process failed during the third iteration.
The best methods of computing Fibonacci numbers involve iteration.
In the first sentence it's a singular noun. What's it doing in the second example?
A student of mine had never seen this word. Also, it seems oddly multipurpose:
The process failed during the third iteration.
The best methods of computing Fibonacci numbers involve iteration.
In the first sentence it's a singular noun. What's it doing in the second example?
