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    math/big: handle negative exponents in Exp · 30b045d4
    Brian Kessler authored
    For modular exponentiation, negative exponents can be handled using
    the following relation.
    
    for y < 0: x**y mod m == (x**(-1))**|y| mod m
    
    First compute ModInverse(x, m) and then compute the exponentiation
    with the absolute value of the exponent.  Non-modular exponentiation
    with a negative exponent still returns 1.
    
    Fixes #25865
    
    Change-Id: I2a35986a24794b48e549c8de935ac662d217d8a0
    Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/118562
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