CSC 490 – Computer Science Senior Seminar I Professor Gary
Locklair
Written Homework Assignment #5 Fall
2006
Chapter 25 in The New Turing Omnibus – Fast Multiplication
a) Explain why standard multiplication is O(n2 + 2n – 1).
That is, show where each term in the Big O comes from. [5]
b) Using the Karatsuba fast multiplication technique, demonstrate the
multiplication of 10 * 11 in O(nlog3) [10]
Please word process parts A and B. Assignment is worth 15 points.
CSC 490 – Computer Science Senior Seminar I Professor Gary
Locklair
Written Homework Assignment #5 Fall
2006
Chapter 25 in The New Turing Omnibus – Fast Multiplication
a) Explain why standard multiplication is O(n2 + 2n – 1).
That is, show where each term in the Big O comes from. [5]
b) Using the Karatsuba fast multiplication technique, demonstrate the
multiplication of 10 * 11 in O(nlog3) [10]
Please word process parts A and B. Assignment is worth 15 points.