power()

void M2::ARingCC::power ( ElementType & result, const ElementType & a, int n ) const

inline

Definition at line 361 of file aring-CC.hpp.

  {
    ElementType curr_pow;
    init(curr_pow);
    set_from_long(result, 1);
    if (n == 0)
      {
      }
    else if (n < 0)
      {
        n = -n;
        invert(curr_pow, a);
      }
    else
      {
        set(curr_pow, a);
      }
    while (n > 0)
      {
        if (n % 2)
          {
            mult(result, result, curr_pow);
          }
        n = n / 2;
        mult(curr_pow, curr_pow, curr_pow);
      }
    clear(curr_pow);
  }

References clear(), init(), invert(), mult(), result(), set(), and set_from_long().

Referenced by power_mpz(), and TEST().