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The Integer Power Function

Syntax
# include <cppad/pow_int.h>

z = pow(xy)

Purpose
Determines the value of the power function  \[
     {\rm pow} (x, y) = x^y
\] 
for integer exponents n using multiplication and possibly division to compute the value. The other CppAD pow function may use logarithms and exponentiation to compute derivatives of the same value (which will not work if x is less than or equal zero).

Include
The file cppad/pow_int.h is included by cppad/cppad.hpp but it can also be included separately with out the rest of the CppAD routines. Including this file defines this version of the pow within the CppAD namespace.

x
The argument x has prototype
     const 
Type &x

y
The argument y has prototype
     int 
y

z
The result z has prototype
     
Type z

Type
The type Type must support the following operations where a and b are Type objects and i is an int:
Operation    Description Result Type
Type a(i) construction of a Type object from an int Type
a * b binary multiplication of Type objects Type
a / b binary division of Type objects Type

Operation Sequence
The Type operation sequence used to calculate z is independent of x.
Input File: cppad/pow_int.hpp