Multiply and divide.

For in much wisdom is much grief and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

For in much wisdom is much grief and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

Globalization is intensifying and multiplying this extremism.

This function multiplies each value by 1.

Can it divide too, or only multiply?

Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.

For he breaks me with a storm, and multiplies my wounds without cause.

He increases the nations, and he destroys them. He enlarges the nations, and he leads them captive.

For he breaketh me with a tempest, and multiplieth my wounds without cause.

He increaseth the nations, and destroyeth them he enlargeth the nations, and straiteneth them again.

Israel is a luxuriant vine that puts forth his fruit. According to the abundance of his fruit he has multiplied his altars. As their land has prospered, they have adorned their sacred stones.

Israel is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images.

And will give you increase of wealth and sons, and give you gardens and springs of water.

And will aid you with wealth and sons, and will create gardens for you and cause rivers to flow for you.

and will succour you with wealth and sons, and will appoint for you gardens, and will appoint for you rivers.

And He will add Unto you riches and children and will appoint Unto you gardens and will appoint Unto you rivers.

'And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.

And provide you with wealth and children, and allot for you gardens, and allot for you rivers.

and will provide you with wealth and children, and will bestow upon you gardens and rivers.

And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you Gardens and will assign unto you rivers.

The heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

He answers (the prayers) of those who believe and do good, and gives them more of His bounty.

He answers (the prayers) of those who believe and do good, and gives them more of His bounty.

And He answers those who believe and do righteous deeds, and He gives them increase of His bounty.

And He answers those who believe and do righteous deeds, and He gives them increase of His bounty.

And He answereth those who believe and work righteous works and increaseth Unto them of His grace.

And He answereth those who believe and work righteous works and increaseth Unto them of His grace.

And He answers (the invocation of) those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah Islamic Monotheism) and do righteous good deeds, and gives them increase of His Bounty.

And He answers (the invocation of) those who believe (in the Oneness of Allah Islamic Monotheism) and do righteous good deeds, and gives them increase of His Bounty.

And He answers those who believe and do good deeds, and He increases them of His grace.

And He answers those who believe and do good deeds, and He increases them of His grace.

and answers the prayers of those who believe and do good deeds and bestows upon them even more out of His Bounty.

and answers the prayers of those who believe and do good deeds and bestows upon them even more out of His Bounty.

And accepteth those who do good works, and giveth increase unto them of His bounty.

And accepteth those who do good works, and giveth increase unto them of His bounty.

Yet he lifts the needy out of their affliction, and increases their families like a flock.

Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

It's taking two factors, say phi1 and phi2, and multiplying them together. So, let's think what that means.

He then multiplies his number by itself e times, where e is a public exponent.

I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind. For in much wisdom is much grief and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

And I give my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly I have known that even this is vexation of spirit for, in abundance of wisdom is abundance of sadness, and he who addeth knowledge addeth pain.

Now, why does the algorithm multiply, as opposed to, say, average the two match scores together, and do the square root business?