power() [1/2]

ring_elem SchurRing::power ( const ring_elem f, int n ) const

virtual

Reimplemented from PolyRing.

Definition at line 298 of file schur.cpp.

{
  ring_elem result = from_long(1);
  if (n < 0)
    {
      throw exc::engine_error("element not invertible");
    }
  for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
    {
      ring_elem g = mult(result, f);
      remove(result);
      result = g;
    }
  return result;
}

References PolyRing::from_long(), PolyRing::mult(), PolyRing::remove(), and result().