static public BigDecimal root(final int n, final BigDecimal x) {
        if (x.compareTo(BigDecimal.ZERO) < 0) {
            throw new ArithmeticException("negative argument " + x.toString() + " of root");
        }
        if (n <= 0) {
            throw new ArithmeticException("negative power " + n + " of root");
        }
        if (n == 1) {
            return x;
        }
        /* start the computation from a double precision estimate */
        BigDecimal s = new BigDecimal(Math.pow(x.doubleValue(), 1.0 / n));
        /* this creates nth with nominal precision of 1 digit
         */
        final BigDecimal nth = new BigDecimal(n);
        /* Specify an internal accuracy within the loop which is
         * slightly larger than what is demanded by ’eps’ below.
         */
        final BigDecimal xhighpr = scalePrec(x, 2);
        MathContext mc = new MathContext(2 + x.precision());
        /* Relative accuracy of the result is eps.
         */
        final double eps = x.ulp().doubleValue() / (2 * n * x.doubleValue());
        for (;;) {
            /* s = s -(s/n-x/n/s^(n-1)) = s-(s-x/s^(n-1))/n; test correction s/n-x/s for being
             * smaller than the precision requested. The relative correction is (1-x/s^n)/n,
             */
            BigDecimal c = xhighpr.divide(s.pow(n - 1), mc);
            c = s.subtract(c);
            MathContext locmc = new MathContext(c.precision());
            c = c.divide(nth, locmc);
            s = s.subtract(c);
            if (Math.abs(c.doubleValue() / s.doubleValue()) < eps) {
                break;
            }
        }
        return s.round(new MathContext(err2prec(eps)));
    }
static public BigDecimal root(final int n, final BigDecimal x) {
        if (x.compareTo(BigDecimal.ZERO) < 0) {
            throw new ArithmeticException("negative argument " + x.toString() + " of root");
        }
        if (n <= 0) {
            throw new ArithmeticException("negative power " + n + " of root");
        }
        if (n == 1) {
            return x;
        }
        
        BigDecimal s = new BigDecimal(Math.pow(x.doubleValue(), 1.0 / n));
        
        final BigDecimal nth = new BigDecimal(n);
        
        final BigDecimal xhighpr = scalePrec(x, 2);
        MathContext mc = new MathContext(2 + x.precision());
        
        final double eps = x.ulp().doubleValue() / (2 * n * x.doubleValue());
        for (;;) {
            
            BigDecimal c = xhighpr.divide(s.pow(n - 1), mc);
            c = s.subtract(c);
            MathContext locmc = new MathContext(c.precision());
            c = c.divide(nth, locmc);
            s = s.subtract(c);
            if (Math.abs(c.doubleValue() / s.doubleValue()) < eps) {
                break;
            }
        }
        return s.round(new MathContext(err2prec(eps)));
    }
static public BigDecimal root ( final int n , final BigDecimal x ) { if ( x . compareTo ( BigDecimal . ZERO ) < 0 ) { throw new ArithmeticException ( "negative argument " + x . toString ( ) + " of root" ) ; } if ( n <= 0 ) { throw new ArithmeticException ( "negative power " + n + " of root" ) ; } if ( n == 1 ) { return x ; } /* start the computation from a double precision estimate */ BigDecimal s = new BigDecimal ( Math . pow ( x . doubleValue ( ) , 1.0 / n ) ) ; /* this creates nth with nominal precision of 1 digit
         */ final BigDecimal nth = new BigDecimal ( n ) ; /* Specify an internal accuracy within the loop which is
         * slightly larger than what is demanded by ’eps’ below.
         */ final BigDecimal xhighpr = scalePrec ( x , 2 ) ; MathContext mc = new MathContext ( 2 + x . precision ( ) ) ; /* Relative accuracy of the result is eps.
         */ final double eps = x . ulp ( ) . doubleValue ( ) / ( 2 * n * x . doubleValue ( ) ) ; for ( ; ; ) { /* s = s -(s/n-x/n/s^(n-1)) = s-(s-x/s^(n-1))/n; test correction s/n-x/s for being
             * smaller than the precision requested. The relative correction is (1-x/s^n)/n,
             */ BigDecimal c = xhighpr . divide ( s . pow ( n - 1 ) , mc ) ; c = s . subtract ( c ) ; MathContext locmc = new MathContext ( c . precision ( ) ) ; c = c . divide ( nth , locmc ) ; s = s . subtract ( c ) ; if ( Math . abs ( c . doubleValue ( ) / s . doubleValue ( ) ) < eps ) { break ; } } return s . round ( new MathContext ( err2prec ( eps ) ) ) ; }
The integer root.

@param n the positive argument.
@param x the non-negative argument.
@return The n-th root of the BigDecimal rounded to the precision implied by x, x^(1/n).
The integer root .