3.249. __nv_powf
Prototype:
float @__nv_powf(float %x, float %y)
Description:
Calculate the value of x to the power of y
Returns:
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                              __nv_powf( , y) returns for y an integer less than 0. 
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                              __nv_powf( , y) returns for y an odd integer greater than 0. 
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                              __nv_powf( , y) returns +0 for y > 0 and not and odd integer. 
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                              __nv_powf(-1, ) returns 1. 
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                              __nv_powf(+1, y) returns 1 for any y, even a NaN. 
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                              __nv_powf(x, ) returns 1 for any x, even a NaN. 
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                              __nv_powf(x, y) returns a NaN for finite x < 0 and finite non-integer y. 
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                              __nv_powf(x, ) returns for . 
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                              __nv_powf(x, ) returns +0 for . 
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                              __nv_powf(x, ) returns +0 for . 
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                              __nv_powf(x, ) returns for . 
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                              __nv_powf( , y) returns -0 for y an odd integer less than 0. 
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                              __nv_powf( , y) returns +0 for y < 0 and not an odd integer. 
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                              __nv_powf( , y) returns for y an odd integer greater than 0. 
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                              __nv_powf( , y) returns for y > 0 and not an odd integer. 
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                              __nv_powf( , y) returns +0 for y < 0. 
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                              __nv_powf( , y) returns for y > 0. 
For accuracy information for this function see the CUDA C Programming Guide, Appendix D.1, Table 6.
Library Availability:
Compute 2.0: Yes
Compute 3.0: Yes
Compute 3.5: Yes