Add implementation of binary exponentiation

src/main/kotlin/math/ShallowBinaryExponentiation.kt

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+package math
+
+import java.math.BigInteger
+
+const val ERROR_MESSAGE_FOR_NEGATIVE_INDICES = "Binary Exponentiation cannot be used for negative indices"
+
+internal inline fun Long.toBigInteger(): BigInteger = BigInteger.valueOf(this)
+
+internal fun throwIllegalArgumentExceptionForNegativeIndices(): Nothing =
+    throw IllegalArgumentException(ERROR_MESSAGE_FOR_NEGATIVE_INDICES)
+
+/**
+ * Calculates a.pow(b) by using the algorithm of binary exponentiation,
+ * @param that allows for arbitrarily large indices.
+ * However, sufficiently large indices (as a rule of thumb : anything above 2 ^ 1000 as index) can cause a stack-overflow
+ * To prevent stack overflow and use arbitrarily large indices, use deep recursive binary exponentiation
+ * */
+infix fun BigInteger.bpow(that: BigInteger): BigInteger {
+    if (that < BigInteger.ZERO) {
+        throwIllegalArgumentExceptionForNegativeIndices()
+    }
+    if (that == BigInteger.ZERO) {
+        return BigInteger.ONE
+    }
+    val toSquare = this.bpow(that / 2.toBigInteger())
+    return if (that % 2.toBigInteger() == BigInteger.ZERO) {
+        toSquare * toSquare
+    } else {
+        this * toSquare * toSquare
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Calculates a.pow(b) by using the algorithm of binary exponentiation,
+ * where a is the base and b is the index.
+ * If b is odd, a.pow(b) is written as a * (a.pow(b / 2)).
+ * If b is even, a.pow(b) is written as (a.pow(b / 2)).
+ * We compute (a.pow(b / 2)) recursively.
+ * Time  Complexity : O(log(n)).
+ * Space Complexity : O(1).
+ * @see Long.bpow
+ * @see BigInteger.bpow
+ * @receiver the base of exponentiation
+ * @param that : the index of exponentiation
+ */
+infix fun Int.bpow(that: Int): Int {
+    if (that < 0) {
+        throwIllegalArgumentExceptionForNegativeIndices()
+    }
+    // a.pow(0) = 1
+    if (that == 0) {
+        return 1
+    }
+
+    val toSquare = this.bpow(that / 2)
+    return if (that % 2 == 0) {
+        toSquare * toSquare
+    } else {
+        this * toSquare * toSquare
+    }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Calculates a.pow(b) by using the algorithm of binary exponentiation
+ * Note that neither the [Int.bpow] nor [Long.bpow] are overflow-proof,
+ * they use native ints (32-bit signed integers) and longs (64-bit signed integers).
+ * To use overflow-proof exponentiation, use [BigInteger.bpow]
+ * @see Int.bpow(that)
+ * @see BigInteger.bpow
+ * @receiver the base of exponentiation
+ * @param that : the index of exponentiation
+ * */
+infix fun Long.bpow(that: Long): Long {
+    if (that < 0L) {
+        throwIllegalArgumentExceptionForNegativeIndices()
+    }
+    if (that == 0L) {
+        return 1L
+    }
+    val toSquare = this.bpow(that / 2)
+    return if (that % 2L == 0L) {
+        toSquare * toSquare
+    } else {
+        this * toSquare * toSquare
+    }
+}
+

src/test/kotlin/math/ShallowBinaryExponentiationTest.kt

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+package math
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Test
+import java.math.BigInteger
+
+class ShallowBinaryExponentiationTest {
+    companion object {
+        const val VERY_LARGE_RESULT_OF_EXPONENTIATION =
+            "22745166391733635518864036952592070133430143938205371357914689788524029686058206121982289842297958648295318631512712290346668320656359121380034172922949409836427358375009684698518997958656"
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testBinaryExponentiationOfBigIntegers() {
+        assertEquals(125L.toBigInteger(), 5.toBigInteger() bpow 3.toBigInteger())
+        assertEquals(
+            BigInteger("16832483071748016388427036991744"),
+            BigInteger("4102740921840912").bpow(2.toBigInteger())
+        )
+        assertEquals(
+            BigInteger(VERY_LARGE_RESULT_OF_EXPONENTIATION),
+            BigInteger("4102740921840912").bpow(BigInteger("12"))
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testBinaryExponentiationOfInts() {
+        assertEquals(125, 5 bpow 3)
+        assertEquals(1073741824, 32768 bpow 2)
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = StackOverflowError::class)
+    fun testStackOverflowForVeryLargeIndex() {
+        BigInteger.ONE.bpow(
+            2.toBigInteger().bpow(5000.toBigInteger())
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun testBinaryExponentiationOfLongs() {
+        assertEquals(125L, 5L bpow 3L)
+        assertEquals(1073741824L, 32768L bpow 2L)
+        assertEquals(1152921504606846976L, 1024L bpow 6L)
+    }
+}