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Go Forth and Multiply: the Ethiopian System of Muliplication
History of the Ethiopian multiplication system, a very bizarre system which ignores some numbers and dismisses others as unlucky. It reveals a surprising connection between this ancient method and modern computer codes.
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Tue 6 Dec 2005
21:05
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Ethiopian multiplication explained
Duration: 03:51
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- Tue 6 Dec 2005 21:05