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The history section is problematic, even if we ignore the plausible claims for Karatsuba, because that section also says "Kolmogorov was very agitated about the discovery; he communicated it at the next meeting of the seminar, which was then terminated." That is an uncharitable depiction that doesn't seem to be recorded in any of the sources. This sentence should either be sourced or removed.
== Algorithms are generally invented, not discovered ==
The opening paragraphs states that Karatsuba ''discovered'' this algorithm. Although the principles or properties underlying the algorithm may indeed have been discovered, the algorithm itself would have been ''invented'', unless it was somehow preexistent. I posted this instead of modifying the article directly in case somebody has a justification for the current wording.
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