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suppose you are given n bit integers asuming for common sense n as power of 2 .it is required to multiply them using divide and conquer method .what is the divide and conquer recurrence that would arise for the problem

a) T(n)=4T(n/2)+c

b) a) T(n)=2T(n/2)+n

c) a) T(n)=4T(n/2)+n2

d) a) T(n)=4T(n)+n

According to Gauss method answer should be T(n) = T(n/2) + n

Otherwise T(n) = 4T(n/2) + n
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why you are dividing problem in to 4 parts.can you please explain a bit more

A=(an,an-1,an-2................a0)2  and B=(bn,bn-1,.....................b0)  be 2 n bit no

then A can be written as A=2^n/2Amsb+Alsb

B=2^n/2Bmsb+Blsb

Amsb is the n/2 most significant bit of A ie n/2 leftmost bit of the no.

Alsb   is the n/2  least significant bit of A ie is n/2 rightmost bit of the no.

so A*B=(2^n/2Amsb    +      Alsb  )(   2^n/2Bmsb     +    Blsb )   =   2^n*Amsb*Bmsb  +    2^n/2(Amsb * Blsb   + Alsb *Bmsb)  +    Alsb    Blsb

this equation says that mul of 2 n bit no can be carried out using mul of 4 n/2 digit no +some shift operatin

so the required corresponding recurrence if T(n)= time complexity to mul 2 n bit no

T(n)  =  4*T(n/2)   +Cn

but it can also be solved in T(n)=  3*T(n/2) +cn

for more optimiation ---https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karatsuba_algorithm

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