For such enormous numbers, even Karatsuba's algorithm is too slow. A real breakthrough came in 1971 with the work of the German mathematicians Arnold Schönhage and Volker Strassen.

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 ...

Ethics by numbers: how to build machine learning that cares Published: October 17, 2017 3:14pm EDT. Lachlan McCalman, Data61. Author. Lachlan McCalman ... The algorithm isn’t sure.