← Back to context Comment by HWR_14 2 hours ago There are about 18.446 quintillion more 64-bit integers than 32-bit integers. 4 comments HWR_14 Reply moefh 1 hour ago I think they meant to write "There are about 4 billion TIMES more 64 bit integers than 32 bit integers". henry2023 1 hour ago Indeed, edited the mistake adrian_b 1 hour ago True, but there are as many 64-bit integers as pairs of 32-bit integers.Therefore the fact that relatively few 64-bit numbers are products of 32-bit integers means that a lot of pairs of 32-bit integers give by multiplication the same product.
moefh 1 hour ago I think they meant to write "There are about 4 billion TIMES more 64 bit integers than 32 bit integers". henry2023 1 hour ago Indeed, edited the mistake
adrian_b 1 hour ago True, but there are as many 64-bit integers as pairs of 32-bit integers.Therefore the fact that relatively few 64-bit numbers are products of 32-bit integers means that a lot of pairs of 32-bit integers give by multiplication the same product.
I think they meant to write "There are about 4 billion TIMES more 64 bit integers than 32 bit integers".
Indeed, edited the mistake
True, but there are as many 64-bit integers as pairs of 32-bit integers.
Therefore the fact that relatively few 64-bit numbers are products of 32-bit integers means that a lot of pairs of 32-bit integers give by multiplication the same product.