NAME

Math::GSL::PowInt - Integer Power functions

SYNOPSIS

use Math::GSL::PowInt qw /gsl_pow_2 gsl_pow_4 gsl_pow_int/;
print '2**4  = ' . gsl_pow_2(4) . "\n";
print '4**7  = ' . gsl_pow_4(7) . "\n";
print '17**5 = ' . gsl_pow_int(17,5) . "\n";

DESCRIPTION

This module implements the GSL Integer Power functions, which allow one to quickly compute a given integer raised to any real number. It contains gsl_pow_2 to gsl_pow_9 and gsl_pow_int. If you need a power higher than 9, you can use gsl_pow_int, which takes a base as the first argument and power being raised to as the second argument.

You can also write

use Math::GSL::PowInt qw/:all/;

to use all available functions of the module.

PURPOSE

This module doesn't provide much performance improvement over the Perl builtin '**' operator, but is included for completeness.

BENCHMARKS

DANAJ has included some benchmarks in a bug report https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=96440

AUTHORS

Jonathan "Duke" Leto <jonathan@leto.net> and Thierry Moisan <thierry.moisan@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2008-2023 Jonathan "Duke" Leto and Thierry Moisan

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.