erroneous claim at sources.redhat.com/gsl/ref/gsl-ref_4.html#SEC3 2

[keith.briggs@bt.com]

> Function: double gsl_pow_int (double x, int n) 
	>This routine computes the power x^n for integer n. The power is
computed using the minimum number of multiplications. 
A glance at the source code shows that this is wrong.   It uses repeated
squaring, so, for example, x^15 is computed
with 6 multiplies, whereas it can be done with 5.
Keith

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