The Russian way to multiply is so much cooler than ours

To do the method, begin by writing the two numbers you want to multiply at the top of two columns. In the left column, you ...
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This Guy Found a Faster Way to Multiply—Because the One You Know Is Ridiculously Slow

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In 1971, German mathematicians Schönhage and Strassen predicted a faster algorithm for multiplying large numbers, but it remained unproven for ...