Re: integer multiplication

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Date	2011-04-03 18:33 -0700
Subject	Re: integer multiplication
From	geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.python
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On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 6:20 PM, Eddie Tsay <jianyu44@gmail.com> wrote:
> Does anyone know what algorithms for integer multiplication does Python use?
> I am trying to compare it to those used by Sage as it seems like it takes
> much longer for Python to do large integer multiplication as compared to
> Sage (anyone know off the top of their heads?)
> thank you

(sorry for the double email, this was supposed to go to the list)

Karatsuba multiplication, at least for large integers.

Geremy Condra

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Re: integer multiplication geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-04-03 18:33 -0700
  Re: integer multiplication Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2011-04-03 22:51 -0700
    Re: integer multiplication Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-04-04 12:41 -0400
      Re: integer multiplication casevh <casevh@gmail.com> - 2011-04-04 12:18 -0700
    Re: integer multiplication geremy condra <debatem1@gmail.com> - 2011-04-04 10:20 -0700
    Re: integer multiplication Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2011-04-04 15:04 -0400

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