power()

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

inline

Definition at line 272 of file aring-RRi.hpp.

  {
    if (n >= 2)
      {
          if (n%2 == 0)
          {
              ElementType b;
              init(b);
              power(b,a,n/2);
              mult(result,b,b);
          }
          else
          {
              ElementType b;
              init(b);
              power(b,a,n-1);
              mult(result,a,b);
          }
      }
    else if (n == 1)
      mpfi_set(&result,&a);
    else if (n == 0)
      mpfi_set_si(&result,1);
    else if (n<0)
        throw 20;
  }

References init(), mult(), power(), and result().

Referenced by power(), and TEST().