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<center><b><big><big>The AD Power Function</big></big></b></center>
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<b><big><a name="Syntax" id="Syntax">Syntax</a></big></b>

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<code><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>z</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>&#xA0;=&#xA0;pow(</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>x</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>,&#xA0;</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>y</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>)</span></font></code>


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<b><big><a name="See Also" id="See Also">See Also</a></big></b>

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<a href="pow_int.xml" target="_top"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>pow_int</span></a>



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<b><big><a name="Purpose" id="Purpose">Purpose</a></big></b>
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Determines the value of the power function which is defined by

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<mi mathvariant='italic'>x</mi>
<mo stretchy="false">,</mo>
<mi mathvariant='italic'>y</mi>
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<mo stretchy="false">=</mo>
<msup><mi mathvariant='italic'>x</mi>
<mi mathvariant='italic'>y</mi>
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This version of the <code><font color="blue">pow</font></code> function may use
logarithms and exponentiation to compute derivatives.
This will not work if 
<code><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>x</span></font></i></code>
 is less than or equal zero.
If the value of 
<code><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>y</span></font></i></code>
 is an integer, 
the <a href="pow_int.xml" target="_top"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>pow_int</span></a>
 function is used to compute this value 
using only multiplication (and division if 
<code><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>y</span></font></i></code>
 is negative). 
(This will work even if 
<code><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>x</span></font></i></code>
 is less than or equal zero.)

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<b><big><a name="x" id="x">x</a></big></b>
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The argument 
<code><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>x</span></font></i></code>
 has one of the following prototypes

<code><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'><br/>
&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;const&#xA0;</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>Base</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>&amp;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>x</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'><br/>
&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;const&#xA0;AD&lt;</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>Base</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>&gt;&amp;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>x</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'><br/>
&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;const&#xA0;VecAD&lt;</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>Base</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>&gt;::reference&amp;&#xA0;&#xA0;</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>x</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'><br/>
</span></font></code>
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<b><big><a name="y" id="y">y</a></big></b>
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The argument 
<code><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>y</span></font></i></code>
 has one of the following prototypes

<code><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'><br/>
&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;const&#xA0;</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>Base</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>&amp;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>y</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'><br/>
&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;const&#xA0;AD&lt;</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>Base</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>&gt;&amp;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>y</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'><br/>
&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;const&#xA0;VecAD&lt;</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>Base</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>&gt;::reference&amp;&#xA0;&#xA0;</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>y</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'><br/>
</span></font></code>
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<b><big><a name="z" id="z">z</a></big></b>
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If both 
<code><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>x</span></font></i></code>
 and 
<code><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>y</span></font></i></code>
 are 
<code><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>Base</span></font></i></code>
 objects,
the result 
<code><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>z</span></font></i></code>
 is also a 
<code><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>Base</span></font></i></code>
 object.
Otherwise, it has prototype

<code><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'><br/>
&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;&#xA0;AD&lt;</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>Base</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>&gt;&#xA0;</span></font><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>z</span></font></i><font color="blue"><span style='white-space: nowrap'><br/>
</span></font></code>
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<b><big><a name="Operation Sequence" id="Operation Sequence">Operation Sequence</a></big></b>
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This is an AD of 
<code><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>Base</span></font></i></code>

<a href="glossary.xml#Operation.Atomic" target="_top"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>atomic&#xA0;operation</span></a>

and hence is part of the current
AD of 
<code><i><font color="black"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>Base</span></font></i></code>

<a href="glossary.xml#Operation.Sequence" target="_top"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>operation&#xA0;sequence</span></a>
.

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<b><big><a name="Example" id="Example">Example</a></big></b>

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The file
<a href="pow.cpp.xml" target="_top"><span style='white-space: nowrap'>pow.cpp</span></a>

is an examples and tests of this function.   
It returns true if it succeeds and false otherwise.


<hr/>Input File: cppad/local/pow.hpp

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