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DIVIDE AND CONQUER is a general-purpose problem-solving technique said to derive from Julius Caesar’s approach in 58 BC to defeating Gaul. Given a problem P, how do you solve it?
I will present the technique in some generality, and will illustrate it for problems P such as “Plan a road trip across country”, “Hammer a nail”, and “Write a computer program to do x”. No knowledge of driving, carpentry, or computer programming is required.
In Computer Science, Divide and Conquer has been carefully studied for programming, and I will bring that precision to my description of the technique for general problem solving. Divide and Conquer is said by some to be one of the fundamental tools in the toolkit of Life.
Cross-listed with Computer Science: Stepwise Refinement (https://schoolhouse.world/session/4169). Please register for THIS Session, and not THAT Session.