Definition:Algorism/Algorist
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Definition
During the middle ages, an algorist was an arithmetician who used algorism, as opposed to an abacist who calculated using an abacus.
By the time of Leonhard Paul Euler, the term had evolved to mean a mathematician who devised algorithms for more complicated operations than those of the classical algorithms.
Sources
- 1937: Eric Temple Bell: Men of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text{IX}$: Analysis Incarnate
- 1997: Donald E. Knuth: The Art of Computer Programming: Volume 1: Fundamental Algorithms (3rd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 1.1$: Algorithms