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Abstract: Multiplierless constant multiplication using bit-shifts, additions and subtractions has been an active research topic in the last decades. The multiplication with multiple constants, known ...

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Abstract: Constant multiplication circuits can be realized multiplierless by using additions, subtractions, and bit-shifts. The problem of finding a multiplication circuit with minimum adders and ...

Five years ago, mathematicians Dawei Chen and Quentin Gendron were trying to untangle a difficult area of algebraic geometry involving differentials, elements of calculus used to measure distance ...

These days, large language models can handle increasingly complex tasks, writing complex code and engaging in sophisticated reasoning. But when it comes to four-digit multiplication, a task taught in ...

When engineers build AI language models like GPT-5 from training data, at least two major processing features emerge: memorization (reciting exact text they’ve seen before, like famous quotes or ...

In 1971, German mathematicians Schönhage and Strassen predicted a faster algorithm for multiplying large numbers, but it remained unproven for decades. Mathematicians from Australia and France have ...

Top 10 Tricks to Learn Multiplication Tables: Learning multiplication tables is one of the most important building blocks in building a child’s problem-solving ability. It helps with faster ...

An opinion piece by Professor Camilla Gilmore and Natasha Guy, of Loughborough University's Department of Mathematics Education, and Professor Lucy Cragg, of the University of Nottingham. What’s seven ...