power_mpz()

void M2::ARingZZp::power_mpz ( elem & result, elem a, mpz_srcptr n ) const

inline

Definition at line 307 of file aring-zzp.hpp.

  {
    if (a != 0)
      {
        int n1 = static_cast<int>(mpz_fdiv_ui(n, p1));
        power(result, a, n1);
      }
    else
      {
        if (mpz_sgn(n) == 0) result = p1; // the element 1 in this ring.
        else if (mpz_sgn(n) < 0) throw exc::division_by_zero_error();
        else result = 0; // result is 0 in the ring.
      }
  }

References p1, power(), and result().