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Guṇitasamuccayaḥ — The product of the sum is the sum of the products

Guṇitasamuccayaḥ

गुणितसमुच्चयःGunitasamuchyah

The product of the sum is the sum of the products. The digit sum of a product equals the digit sum of the product of the individual digit sums — a verification tool.

Why it works: Digit root is a homomorphism modulo 9: digitRoot(a×b) = digitRoot(digitRoot(a) × digitRoot(b)). This is because the digit root tracks the number modulo 9.

Speed advantage: Instant answer verification in 3 steps vs. recomputing the whole multiplication.

Best for

  • Verifying multiplication, division, and squaring results

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Originally published at https://www.sutraflow.app/sutras/gunitasamuchyah

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