“We show that the product of an nx3 matrix and a 3x3 matrix over a commutative ring can be computed using 6n+3 multiplications. For two 3x3 matrices this gives us an algorithm using 21 multiplications. This is an improvement with respect to Makarov's algorithm using 22 multiplications[13]. We generalize our result for nx3 and 3x3 matrices and present an algorithm for computing the product of an lxn matrix and an nxm matrix over a commutative ring for odd n using n(lm+l+m-1)/2 multiplications if m is odd and using (n(lm+l+m-1)+l-1)/2 multiplications if m is even.”

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Refuted if, expanded exactly as polynomials over the integers, the paper's algorithms do not give AB or use more distinct products of two non-constant factors than it states: Algorithm 1 row by row, B's three products shared (Theorem 1), for n × 3 by 3 × 3 with n from 1 to 10, at most 6n + 3; Corollary 1's printed 3 × 3 scheme, 21; and Theorem 3 (A1B1 by its Case 1 or 2, A2B2 by Theorem 2) for odd n from 3 to 9, l from 1 to 5 and m from 3 to 9, at most n(lm + l + m − 1)/2 for odd m, (n(lm + l + m − 1) + l − 1)/2 for even m.

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