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Bignum

When mathn is required Bignum’s division and exponentiation are enhanced to return more precise values from mathematical expressions.

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Exponentiate by other

 
               # File mathn.rb, line 107
def ** (other)
  if self < 0 && other.round != other
    Complex(self, 0.0) ** other
  else
    power!(other)
  end
end
Also aliased as: power!
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Alias for: **

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