Fourier–Motzkin elimination
Mathematical algorithm for eliminating variables from a system of linear inequalities / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Fourier–Motzkin elimination, also known as the FME method, is a mathematical algorithm for eliminating variables from a system of linear inequalities. It can output real solutions.
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The algorithm is named after Joseph Fourier[1] who proposed the method in 1826 and Theodore Motzkin who re-discovered it in 1936.