The acronym is a reminder of the order in which equations are solved. For this problem, since there are no parentheses or ...

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In 1971, German mathematicians Schönhage and Strassen predicted a faster algorithm for multiplying large numbers, but it remained unproven for decades. Mathematicians from Australia and France have ...