This Guy Found a Faster Way to Multiply—Because the One You Know Is Ridiculously Slow

In 1971, German mathematicians Schönhage and Strassen predicted a faster algorithm for multiplying large numbers, but it ...
BBC

Multiply a 2-digit by a 1-digit number

It's possible to solve some multiplication problems in your head. But sometimes it can help to use other methods instead. These include using visual aids, such as an array or place counters, or by ...
BBC

Multiply a 2-digit by a 1-digit number

It's possible to solve some multiplication problems in your head. But sometimes it can help to use other methods instead. These include using visual aids, such as an array or place counters, or by ...
Lifehacker

Quickly Multiply Single-Digit Numbers with Your Hands

We all know you can add and subtract with your fingers, but if you're a little rusty on those multiplication tables, you can actually use your fingers to do easy multiplication too. The multiplication ...
Ars Technica

DeepMind breaks 50-year math record using AI; new record falls a week later

Matrix multiplication is at the heart of many machine learning breakthroughs, and it just got faster—twice. Last week, DeepMind announced it discovered a more efficient way to perform matrix ...
The Independent

Mathematicians discover new way of multiplying large numbers

Mathematicians have reportedly discovered a new way of multiplying two numbers together. The new technique is for really large numbers, and if it passes a peer-review, could be the fastest possible ...