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multiplication

[muhl-tuh-pli-kay-shuhn] / ˌmʌl tə plɪˈkeɪ ʃən /


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Though Sharpe wrote his article before the advent of AI, he stressed that his conclusion depends “only on the laws of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Nothing else is required.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026

Many AI systems rely heavily on matrix multiplication, a mathematical operation used in tasks like image recognition and language processing.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 7, 2026

If you correctly answered 30 multiplication questions in 60 seconds, you received a calendar as a prize, and were then excused from any future exams.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026

Try jotting down three fractions separated by multiplication signs: earnings/sales x sales/assets x assets/equity.

From Barron's ● Dec. 26, 2025

“To my troika of Incorrigibles, the three cleverest pupils any governess could wish for. How go the multiplication tables?”

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

Today they perform hundreds of septillions of matrix multiplications to power leading large language models.

From MarketWatch ● May 23, 2026

If future hardware is designed specifically for one-bit models, it will eliminate the need for complex mathematical multiplications altogether, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 31, 2026

Their functions included computing higher-order multiplications, exponents and logarithms, among other mathematical operations.

From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2024

Despite repeated multiplications of the official minimum wage earned by millions of Venezuelans, it still amounts to about $2 — not even enough to buy a kilogram of chicken.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 11, 2021

In World War II, an extraordinary calculating machine commissioned by the U.S. military, the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, could, each second, perform around 350 multiplications or 5,000 simple additions.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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