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Re: Russian Peasant Multiplication / was question on

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• From: James Stein <mathgroup at stein.org>
• Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 04:56:26 -0400 (EDT)
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I think 'IntegerDigits' is the function you want "to pull numbers apart."

On Mon, Jul 1, 2013 at 9:49 PM, <d.a.paxton at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Bob,  Thanks on that.  I see the use of the floor function.  This whole
> idea is trivial when one can use that.  What I am trying to do is basically
> do the floor function as a linear equation.  This is useful for pulling
> numbers apart.  Like a number 13.  How does one algebraically make it 1 and
> 3 or 10 and 3.  Either.
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