`n_is_perfect_power`

Synopsis#include <flint/ulong_extras.h>

int n_is_perfect_power(ulong * root, ulong n)source

If n = r^k with k \ge 2, returns k and sets *root to r; otherwise returns 0. Both 0 and 1 count as squares. The k found is not necessarily the largest possible.

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The FLINT team, “n_is_perfect_power (ulong_extras.h),” FLINT: Fast Library for Number Theory, documentation, version 3.7.0-dev, 2026. https://flintlib.org/doc/ulong_extras/n_is_perfect_power.html (generated 2026-10-20).

@misc{flint-doc-ulong-extras-n-is-perfect-power,
  author       = {{The FLINT team}},
  title        = {{n\_is\_perfect\_power (ulong\_extras.h)}},
  howpublished = {FLINT: Fast Library for Number Theory, documentation, version 3.7.0-dev},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://flintlib.org/doc/ulong_extras/n_is_perfect_power.html},
  note         = {Generated 2026-10-20}
}

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