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What is the difference between an algorithm and a lemma. Give two examples.
Asked by ayush | 10 May, 2014, 02:27: PM
Algorithm is a list of well-defined steps for achieving a task and lemma (or theorem) is a proven statement that can be used for solving larger problems.
Lemma and theorem are fomally same.
Consider Pythagoras Theorem. It is having well defined steps to find the hypotenuse of a right triangle.
Let us now consider Euclid's division lemma.
For a pair of given positive integers ‘a’ and ‘b’, there exist unique integers ‘q’ and ‘r’ such that
a = bq + r, where, 

Answered by Vimala Ramamurthy | 12 May, 2014, 10:32: AM
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