Divide and conquer method to compute roots

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Published on 2010-04-12T18:43:47Z Indexed on 2010/04/12 19:12 UTC
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Hello,

Knowing that we can use Divide-and-Conquer algorithm to compute large exponents, for exemple 2 exp 100 = 2 exp(50) * 2 exp(50), which is quite more efficient, is this method efficient using roots ? For exemple 2 exp (1/100) = (2 exp(1/50)) exp(1/50) ?

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