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

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: In 1971, German mathematicians Schönhage and Strassen predicted a faster algorithm for multiplying large numbers, but it remained unproven for ...
Orlando Sentinel

SCHOOLS PUSH FOR ALGEBRA BUT SOME KIDS CAN’T MULTIPLY

Gateway High School decided last year that all freshmen must take Algebra 1, an ambitious shot at raising standards. Almost half of them flunked. Still, the Osceola County school will stick with its ...