Russian peasant multiplication
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A form of multiplication in which the powers of two in the decomposition of the…
A form of multiplication in which the powers of two in the decomposition of the multiplicand are found by writing it on the left and progressively halving the left column, discarding any remainder, until the value is 1 (or −1, in which case the eventual sum is negated), while doubling the right column.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for Russian peasant multiplication. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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