intpower.java

一个一元曲线多项式数值演示例子

package numbercruncher.mathutils;

/**
 * Raise a double value to an integer power.
 */
public final class IntPower {
  /**
   * Compute and return x^power.
   * @param x
   * @param power the integer power
   * @return x^power
   */
  public static double raise(double x, int exponent) {
    if (exponent < 0) {
      return 1 / raise(x, -exponent);
    }

    double power = 1;

    // Loop to compute x^exponent.
    while (exponent > 0) {

      // Is the rightmost exponent bit a 1?
      if ( (exponent & 1) == 1) {
        power *= x;

        // Square x and shift the exponent 1 bit to the right.
      }
      x *= x;
      exponent >>= 1;
    }

    return power;
  }
}