Multiplying 2 x 2 is easy. But multiplying two numbers with more than a billion digits each — that takes some serious computation. The multiplication technique taught in grade school may be simple, ...

The process of multiplying three numbers together is similar to the process of multiplying two numbers, but it has one extra step. First, you multiply two of the numbers, then you multiply the third ...

Four thousand years ago, the Babylonians invented multiplication. Last month, mathematicians perfected it. On March 18, two researchers described the fastest method ever discovered for multiplying two ...