Timeline of Algorithms - Before 1940

Before 1940

• 1614 - John Napier develops method for performing calculations using logarithms
• 1671 - Newton–Raphson method developed by Isaac Newton
• 1690 - Newton–Raphson method independently developed by Joseph Raphson
• 1706 - John Machin develops a quickly converging inverse-tangent series for π and computes π to 100 decimal places,
• 1789 - Jurij Vega improves Machin's formula and computes π to 140 decimal places,
• 1805 - FFT-like algorithm known by Carl Friedrich Gauss
• 1903 - A Fast Fourier Transform algorithm presented by Carle David Tolme Runge
• 1926 - Borůvka's algorithm
• 1934 - Delaunay triangulation developed by Boris Delaunay
• 1936 - Turing machine, an abstract machine developed by Alan Turing, with others developed the modern notion of algorithm.