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1;; Integer powers
2;; Liam Healy, Sun Apr 30 2006 - 22:46
3;; Time-stamp: <2008-02-16 22:39:17EST power.lisp>
4;; $Id$
5
6(in-package :gsl)
7
8(defmfun pow (x n)
9  "gsl_sf_pow_int_e" ((x :double) (n :int) (ret sf-result))
10  :documentation                        ; FDL
11  "The power x^n for integer n.  The
12  power is computed using the minimum number of multiplications. For
13  example, x^8 is computed as ((x^2)^2)^2, requiring only 3
14  multiplications.  For reasons of efficiency, these functions do not
15  check for overflow or underflow conditions.")
16
17#|
18(make-tests power
19  (pow 3.5d0 5))
20|#
21
22(LISP-UNIT:DEFINE-TEST POWER
23  (LISP-UNIT::ASSERT-NUMERICAL-EQUAL
24   (LIST 525.21875d0 9.329759187437503d-13)
25   (MULTIPLE-VALUE-LIST (POW 3.5d0 5))))
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