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x’ is the nth root of y if x’ is the largest integer such that x^n <= y. x, x’ and y are all integers. Is there any efficient way to compute such nth root? I know this is usually done by nth root algorithm, but the difficulty here is everything is integer because I’m working with an embedded system.
BTW, I’ve even tried to binary search from 1 to y to identify largest x such that x^n <= y, but it does not work since x^n overflows easily especially when n is large.
Store a table for given y of the maximum x such that x^y does not overflow. Use these values for binary search; that way, no more overflow and a neat algorithm that will work as long as x and n have the same (integer) type. Right?
Note: for y > 32, the maximum value for x is 2 for 32-bit integers… in other words, your table will be the same size as the number of bits in integers your system understands, approximately.