# Multiplying large numbers

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multiplying-large-numbers/24032
**Category:** Offtopic
**Created:** [May 9, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multiplying-large-numbers/24032 "2019-05-09T14:05:47Z")
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### Author: ![johnh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/johnh/32/3615_2.png) [@johnh](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/johnh)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2019, 2:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multiplying-large-numbers/24032/1 "2019-05-09T14:05:47Z")

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> **[Mathematicians Discover the Perfect Way to Multiply | Quanta Magazine](https://www.quantamagazine.org/mathematicians-discover-the-perfect-way-to-multiply-20190411/)**
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> By chopping up large numbers into smaller ones, researchers have rewritten a fundamental mathematical speed limit.

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### Author: ![longemen3000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/longemen3000/32/7298_2.png) [@longemen3000](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/longemen3000)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multiplying-large-numbers/24032/2 "2019-05-09T15:46:09Z")

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Nice, just we have to wait for hardware support

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### Author: ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2019, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/multiplying-large-numbers/24032/3 "2019-05-09T16:46:01Z")

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I think the benefits increase with the number of digits, so this is more important for `BigInt`-like representations, which are mostly done in software anyway on most platforms.