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<h4 class="subsection">15.4.1 Normal Powering</h4>
<p>Normal <code>mpz</code> or <code>mpf</code> powering uses a simple binary algorithm,
successively squaring and then multiplying by the base when a 1 bit is seen in
the exponent, as per Knuth section 4.6.3. The &ldquo;left to right&rdquo;
variant described there is used rather than algorithm A, since it&rsquo;s just as
easy and can be done with somewhat less temporary memory.
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