From: Andrew.Spring@ping.be (Andrew Spring)
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 95 03:04:39 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: sums with BIG numbers
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Deranged Mutant wrote:

>>
>What do you mean? How big numbers are added (trivially easier than
>multiplication
>or division) or how it handles numbers that are too large for the variable's
>size?

and Ray Cromwell wrote :

To add two bignums, P(x) and Q(x) simply sum coefficients of like
terms like you would with any polynomial addition, with one simple
modification. If a_k is the coefficient of the x^k term of P(x), and

etc, etc.


Just a quick clarification, people:

In the UK, and, presumably Australia, "doing sums" refers to performing any
kind of arithmetic, not just addition.


And to Sherry Mayo:

Don't give up on the code, just yet.  Try running it and watching it with a
debugger.