you can see, the execution time increases a lot more slowly than the number
      of memory allocations. There are a number of reasons for this:
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          The cost of extended-precision multiplication and division is so great,
          that the times taken for these tend to swamp everything else.
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          The cost of an in-place multiplication (using <code 