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2005 Jun 29
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x*x*x*... vs x^n
Hi
I have been wondering if there one can speed up calculating small powers
of numbers such as x^8 using multiplication.
In addition, one can be a bit clever and calculate x^8 using only 3
multiplies.
look at this:
> f1 <- function(x){x*x*x*x*x*x*x*x}
> f2 <- function(x){x^8}
> f3 <- function(x){x2 <- x*x;x4 <- x2*x2;return(x4*x4)}
[so f1() and f2() and f3() are