Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Montante's method

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The result was redirect to Bareiss algorithm. Ron Ritzman (talk) 00:43, 8 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Montante's method

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This article is apparently not supported by any scholarly source and appears to be a neologism. (This has been discussed at Wikipedia_talk:WPM#Montante.27s_method.) Jakob.scholbach (talk) 19:44, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Redirect to Bareiss algorithm, and possibly preserve the worked example. Per my investigations at WT:WPM, it appears that the algorithm is actually taught under this name in Mexico, so a redirect would be appropriate, even if we cannot find a source for mentioning the name in the redirect target. –Henning Makholm (talk) 20:17, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
- Comment It seems to have more detail than Bareiss algorithm and the example is especially helpful. So some kind of merger seems appropriate, if the two are indeed the same subject. JRSpriggs (talk) 21:43, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Redirect or maybe merge. Someone would need to sort out what is usually called "the Bareiss algorithm" (with the definite article). There are several closely related algorithms in Bareiss's widely cited paper, and this is one of them. Sławomir Biały (talk) 23:20, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Note: This debate has been included in the list of Science-related deletion discussions. -- • Gene93k (talk) 23:21, 31 March 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merge: to Bareiss algorithm. The Bareiss article is currently a stub and could use some expansion, though additional references are perhaps needed more. I don't think there is any need to try to pin down "the" Bareiss algorithm; as with many algorithms, the germ of the idea can be used in many ways and it's the idea that's important. It seems to me that the algorithm arises naturally when you implement Gaussian elimination with integer arithmetic, so it wouldn't be surprising to find several different names for it corresponding to different "discoverers".--RDBury (talk) 15:06, 3 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Comment. This is a method for solving a system of linear equations, while the Bareiss algorithm computes a determinant. The relationship is not obvious to me. --Lambiam 19:31, 7 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.