added new method to check PerfectSquare

Author: TaranjeetSinghKalsi

src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/PerfectSquare.java

@@ -18,4 +18,16 @@ public static boolean isPerfectSquare(final int number) {
         final int sqrt = (int) Math.sqrt(number);
         return sqrt * sqrt == number;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Check if a number is perfect square or not
+     *
+     * @param number number to be checked
+     * @return {@code true} if {@code number} is perfect square, otherwise
+     * {@code false}
+     */
+    public static boolean isPerfectSquareUsingPow(long number) {
+        long a = (long) Math.pow(number, 1.0 / 2);
+        return a * a == number;
+    }
 }

src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/maths/PerfectSquareTest.java

@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ public class PerfectSquareTest {
     @ValueSource(ints = {0, 1, 2 * 2, 3 * 3, 4 * 4, 5 * 5, 6 * 6, 7 * 7, 8 * 8, 9 * 9, 10 * 10, 11 * 11, 123 * 123})
     void positiveTest(final int number) {
         Assertions.assertTrue(PerfectSquare.isPerfectSquare(number));
+        Assertions.assertTrue(PerfectSquare.isPerfectSquareUsingPow(number));
     }
 
     @ParameterizedTest
     @ValueSource(ints = {-1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -100, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 99, 101, 257, 999, 1001})
     void negativeTest(final int number) {
         Assertions.assertFalse(PerfectSquare.isPerfectSquare(number));
+        Assertions.assertFalse(PerfectSquare.isPerfectSquareUsingPow(number));
     }
 }