 Karatsuba multiplication (source code)

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= Karatsuba multiplication
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Karatsuba multiplication multiplies two $n$-digit integers using three, rather than four, multiplications of roughly half-size. Its recurrence $T(n)=3T(n/2)+O(n)$ gives $T(n)=O(n^{\log_2 3})$.

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