if you want a little more in depth explanation of the whole multiplication thing...

wolfi1 49 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: Mathematicians still don't know the fastest way to...

if you want a little more in depth explanation of the whole multiplication thing Ican recommend TAOCP volume 2. it has a section called 'How fast can we multiply?' it should provide more insight. there is a paper from djb (Daniel J Bernstein),which I can also recommemd: https://cr.yp.to/lineartime/multapps-20080515.pdf

bombela 48 days ago [–]

This is one of my favorite section of TAOCP! Thank you for the link.