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Multiplication of Decimal Numbers

Since decimal numbers are implicitly just polynomials in the powers of 10, e.g.,

$\displaystyle 3819 = 3\cdot 10^3 + 8\cdot 10^2 + 1\cdot 10^1 + 9\cdot 10^0,
$

it follows that multiplying two numbers convolves their digits. The only twist is that, unlike normal polynomial multiplication, we have carries. That is, when a convolution result exceeds 10, we subtract 10 from the result and add 1 to the digit in the next higher place.


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``Mathematics of the Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), with Music and Audio Applications'', by Julius O. Smith III, W3K Publishing, 2003, ISBN 0-9745607-0-7.

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