Calculate power of a number without built-in pow()?
public double Power(double x, int n) {
if (n == 0) return 1;
double half = Power(x, n / 2);
if (n % 2 == 0)
return half * half;
else
return n > 0 ? x * half * half : (half * half) / x;
}
Explanation:
Uses fast exponentiation (divide and conquer) to calculate x^n in O(log n).