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            <title>But how does the Peasent multiplying work...</title>
        
            <link>http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=1076415&amp;tstart=0#1076415</link>

        

            <description><![CDATA[I am intrigued by the algorithm, but how does it work... and what is<br>the connection with binary numbers... Could you explain why it works<br>for]]></description>

        

            <jf:creationDate>May 9, 2001 11:14:05 PM</jf:creationDate>
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            <jf:author>s1270296@cedarville.edu</jf:author>
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            <title>Re: Marvelous old way of multiplying!</title>
        
            <link>http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=1076414&amp;tstart=0#1076414</link>

        

            <description><![CDATA[Now, wait.  If you're actually going to count out 9*14 physical<br>pebbles, is it really any easier to do this than to just count<br>out 9 groups of]]></description>

        

            <jf:creationDate>Jul 8, 1994 8:50:19 PM</jf:creationDate>
            <jf:modificationDate>Jul 8, 1994 8:50:19 PM</jf:modificationDate>
            <jf:author>sullivan@geom.umn.edu</jf:author>
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            <title>Re:  Marvelous old way of multiplying!</title>
        
            <link>http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=1076413&amp;tstart=0#1076413</link>

        

            <description><![CDATA[This has been called "Russian multiplication"<br>and "Peasant multiplication", and I am sure<br>it has really been used by either some Russians<br>or]]></description>

        

            <jf:creationDate>Jul 5, 1994 6:58:52 AM</jf:creationDate>
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            <jf:author>conway@math.Princeton.EDU</jf:author>
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            <title>Marvelous Old Way of Multiplying</title>
        
            <link>http://mathforum.org/kb/thread.jspa?messageID=1076412&amp;tstart=0#1076412</link>

        

            <description><![CDATA[A friend of mine just told me a clever historical technique for<br>multiplying that he read about.  It allows one to multiply just by<br>doubling and]]></description>

        

            <jf:creationDate>Jul 4, 1994 12:24:04 PM</jf:creationDate>
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            <jf:author>burgiel@math.washington.edu</jf:author>
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