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-- DROP the function first if it exists DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS fast_exponentiation; DELIMITER $$ CREATE FUNCTION fast_exponentiation(base DOUBLE, exponent INT) RETURNS DOUBLE DETERMINISTIC BEGIN DECLARE result DOUBLE DEFAULT 1.0; DECLARE abs_exponent INT; SET abs_exponent = ABS(exponent); -- Handle 0^0 IF base = 0 AND exponent = 0 THEN RETURN 1.0; END IF; -- Handle 0^positive IF base = 0 THEN RETURN 0.0; END IF; -- Handle negative exponent IF exponent < 0 THEN SET base = 1.0 / base; END IF; WHILE abs_exponent > 0 DO IF MOD(abs_exponent, 2) = 1 THEN SET result = result * base; END IF; SET base = base * base; SET abs_exponent = FLOOR(abs_exponent / 2); END WHILE; RETURN result; END$$ DELIMITER ;