RFR: 8077587: BigInteger Roots [v65]

[Raffaello Giulietti]

On Thu, 31 Jul 2025 08:40:40 GMT, fabioromano1 <duke at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> This PR implements nth root computation for BigIntegers using Newton method.
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> fabioromano1 has updated the pull request with a new target base due to a merge or a rebase. The pull request now contains 111 commits:
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>  - Merge branch 'openjdk:master' into nth-root-branch
>  - Update MutableBigInteger.java
>  - Useless instruction
>  - Optimization for large degree values
>  - Optimization for large degree's values
>  - Update javadoc
>  - Refine comments
>  - Refine the comment
>  - Comment
>  - More comments
>  - ... and 101 more: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/compare/b9f7caed...dbf7b522

I'll come back to this PR starting around Wednesday next week. In the meantime, you have free reign.

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PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24898#issuecomment-3140038700