it sounds like the challenge maybe could simplify to the idea of, i have some numbers that are multiplying many other numbers, and some of them come out to really low values. i want to not have to load the numbers that will come out to really low values.
maybe karl would consider for example grouping them based on what is in the data? for example you could index them based on what high values multiplying them make high value outputs. this sounds like the kind of idea that could actually work :s :s :s
