The Table
After the decomposition of the first multiplicand, it is necessary to construct a table of powers of two times the second multiplicand (generally the smaller) from one up to the largest power of two found during the decomposition. In the table, a line is obtained by multiplying the preceding line by two.
For example, if the largest power of two found during the decomposition is 16, and the second multiplicand is 7, the table is created as follows:
- 1; 7
- 2; 14
- 4; 28
- 8; 56
- 16; 112
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