From 2b5653ba5de686df7c9774ad98ba9424042fef42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Devin Lucas <115660983+dlucas489@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2026 09:05:29 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Use Math.multiplyExact for safe multiplication in pow method

Replaced multiplication with Math.multiplyExact for overflow checks.
---
 src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Pow.java | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Pow.java b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Pow.java
index 377b37ac4569..55c3f7f7fa31 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Pow.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/Pow.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ private Pow() {
      * @param b the exponent to which the base {@code a} is raised. Must be a non-negative integer.
      * @return the result of {@code a}<sup>{@code b}</sup> as a {@code long}.
      * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@code b} is negative.
+     * @throws ArithmeticException if result isn't representable as a long.
      */
     public static long pow(int a, int b) {
         if (b < 0) {
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ public static long pow(int a, int b) {
         }
         long result = 1;
         for (int i = 1; i <= b; i++) {
-            result *= a;
+            result = Math.multiplyExact(result, a);
         }
         return result;
     }