testRingPower()

template<typename T>

void testRingPower	(	const T *	R,
		int	ntrials )

Definition at line 201 of file RingTest.hpp.

{
  mpz_t gmp1;
  mpz_init(gmp1);
  RingElementGenerator<T> gen(*R);
  for (int i = 0; i < ntrials; i++)
    {
      ring_elem a = gen.nextElement();
      // TODO: what should the answer here be?
      // EXPECT_TRUE(R->is_equal(R->power(a, 0), R->one())); // 0^0 == 1 too?
      EXPECT_TRUE(R->is_equal(R->power(a, 1), a));
 
      int e1 = rawRandomInt(10) + 1;
      int e2 = rawRandomInt(10) + 1;
      // std::cout << "(" << e1 << "," << e2 << ")" << std::endl;
      ring_elem b = R->power(a, e1);
      ring_elem c = R->power(a, e2);
      ring_elem d = R->power(a, e1 + e2);
      EXPECT_TRUE(R->is_equal(R->mult(b, c), d));
 
      // Make sure that powers via mpz work (at least for small exponents)
      mpz_set_si(gmp1, e1);
      ring_elem b1 = R->power(a, gmp1);
      EXPECT_TRUE(R->is_equal(b1, b));
    }
  mpz_clear(gmp1);
}

References RingElementGenerator< RingType >::nextElement(), ntrials, rawRandomInt(), and T.

Referenced by TEST(), TEST(), TEST(), and TEST().