In seeking the best method of problem-solving creative and critical thinking are needed, and they both supplement each other.

在寻求解决问题的最佳办法的过程中，创造性思维与批判性思维缺一不可，而且，它们二者相辅相成。

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The solutions were then correlated to mood and method of problem solving.

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Therefore, any patent that claims a method of solving a problem by programming a general-purpose computer is, like the patent the high court struck down 40 years ago, effectively a patent on a mathematical algorithm.

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