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Karatsuba multiplication of az+b and cz+d (boxed), and 1234 and 567 with z=100. Magenta arrows denote multiplication, amber denotes addition, silver denotes subtraction and cyan denotes left shift. (A), (B) and (C) show recursion with z=10 to obtain intermediate values. The Karatsuba algorithm is a fast multiplication algorithm.
In arbitrary-precision arithmetic, it is common to use long multiplication with the base set to 2 w, where w is the number of bits in a word, for multiplying relatively small numbers. To multiply two numbers with n digits using this method, one needs about n 2 operations.
The run-time bit complexity to multiply two n-digit numbers using the algorithm is ( ) in big O notation. The Schönhage–Strassen algorithm was the asymptotically fastest multiplication method known from 1971 until 2007.
Trachtenberg defined this algorithm with a kind of pairwise multiplication where two digits are multiplied by one digit, essentially only keeping the middle digit of the result. By performing the above algorithm with this pairwise multiplication, even fewer temporary results need to be held. Example:
For multiplication, the most straightforward algorithms used for multiplying numbers by hand (as taught in primary school) require (N 2) operations, but multiplication algorithms that achieve O(N log(N) log(log(N))) complexity have been devised, such as the Schönhage–Strassen algorithm, based on fast Fourier transforms, and there are also ...
Another method is to simply multiply the number by 10, and add the original number to the result. For example: 17 × 11 17 × 10 = 170 170 + 17 = 187 17 × 11 = 187 One last easy way: If one has a two-digit number, take it and add the two numbers together and put that sum in the middle, and one can get the answer.
A grid is drawn up, and each cell is split diagonally. The two multiplicands of the product to be calculated are written along the top and right side of the lattice, respectively, with one digit per column across the top for the first multiplicand (the number written left to right), and one digit per row down the right side for the second multiplicand (the number written top-down).
An example of a galactic algorithm is the fastest known way to multiply two numbers, [3] which is based on a 1729-dimensional Fourier transform. [4] It needs () bit operations, but as the constants hidden by the big O notation are large, it is never used in practice. However, it also shows why galactic algorithms may still be useful.