Definition:Ruffini-Horner Method/Also known as

Ruffini-Horner Method: Also known as

The Ruffini-Horner method is also known just as Horner's method.

However, that name is also given to Horner's rule, so to avoid ambiguity and misunderstanding it is deprecated on $\mathsf{Pr} \infty \mathsf{fWiki}$.

Sources

• 1989: Ephraim J. Borowski and Jonathan M. Borwein: Dictionary of Mathematics ... (previous) ... (next): Horner's method
• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Horner's method: 2.
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Horner's method: 2.
• 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Horner's method