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Comment by klodolph

1 hour ago

Addition in this case is cutting from 2^64 to 2^33-1.

The 2^64 number is the number of inputs. For an operation which is commutative, you expect the outputs to be 2^63+2^32 or smaller, since you’ve introduced symmetry.

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