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Multiprecision Addition and Subtraction
Carry and borrow propagation, sign handling, and why addition sets the baseline cost against which every other operation is measured.
Every page in the KEVOS library tagged multiprecision. 2 pages.
Carry and borrow propagation, sign handling, and why addition sets the baseline cost against which every other operation is measured.
How arbitrary-precision integers are stored, why the base is chosen to match the machine word, and the consequences for every algorithm above.