Timeline of algorithms

• C. 1600 BC - Babylonians develop first algorithms
• C. 300 BC - Euclid's algorithm
• C. 200 BC - the Sieve of Eratosthenes

• 1614 - John Napier develops method for performing calculations using logarithms
• 1671 - Newton's method

• 1960 - Quicksort
• 1965 - Levenshtein distance
• 1975 - John Holland popularizes genetic algorithms
• 1977 - RSA encryption algorithm

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