Booth's multiplication algorithm: Difference between revisions

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: <math> (\ldots 0 \overbrace{1 \ldots 1}^{n} 0 \ldots)_{2} \equiv (\ldots 1 \overbrace{0 \ldots 0}^{n} 0 \ldots)_{2} - (\ldots 0 \overbrace{0 \ldots 1}^{n} 0 \ldots)_2. </math>

Hence, the multiplication can actually be replaced by the string of ones in the original number by simpler operations, adding the multiplier, shifting the partial product thus formed by appropriate places, and then finally subtracting the multiplier. It is making use of the fact that it is not necessary to do anything but shift while dealing with 0s in a binary multiplier, and is similar to using the mathematical property that 99&nbsp;=&nbsp;100&nbsp;&minus;&nbsp;1 while multiplying by 99.

This scheme can be extended to any number of blocks of 1s in a multiplier (including the case of a single 1 in a block). Thus,

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: <math> M \times \,^{\prime\prime} 0 \; 1 \; 0 \; 0 \mbox{-1} \; 1 \mbox{-1} \; 0 \,^{\prime\prime} = M \times (2^6 - 2^3 + 2^2 - 2^1) = M \times 58. </math>

Booth's algorithm follows this old scheme by performing an addition when it encounters the first digit of a block of ones (0 1) and a subtraction when it encounters the end of the block (1 0). This works for a negative multiplier as well. When the ones in a multiplier are grouped into long blocks, Booth's algorithm performs fewer additions and subtractions than the normal multiplication algorithm.

== See also ==