}

  /**
   * Returns the empty immutable multiset.
   *
   * <p><b>Performance note:</b> the instance returned is a singleton.
   */
  @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // all supported methods are covariant
  public static <E> ImmutableMultiset<E> of() {
    return (ImmutableMultiset<E>) RegularImmutableMultiset.EMPTY;
  }

  /**
   * Returns an immutable multiset containing a single element.
   *

    FluentIterable<? extends Number> numbers = getSomeNumbers();

    // Sadly, the following is what users will have to do in some circumstances.

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // safe covariant cast
    Optional<Number> first = (Optional<Number>) numbers.first();
    Number value = first.or(0.5); // fine
  }

  @J2ktIncompatible
  @GwtIncompatible // NullPointerTester

   * bits.
   *
   * @param h hash code
   */
  static int rehash(int h) {
    // Spread bits to regularize both segment and index locations,
    // using variant of single-word Wang/Jenkins hash.
    // TODO(kevinb): use Hashing/move this to Hashing?
    h += (h << 15) ^ 0xffffcd7d;
    h ^= (h >>> 10);
    h += (h << 3);
    h ^= (h >>> 6);

   */
  public static <E> ImmutableList<E> copyOf(Collection<? extends E> elements) {
    if (elements instanceof ImmutableCollection) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // all supported methods are covariant
      ImmutableList<E> list = ((ImmutableCollection<E>) elements).asList();
      return list.isPartialView() ? ImmutableList.<E>asImmutableList(list.toArray()) : list;
    }
    return construct(elements.toArray());

      Multiset<? extends E> multiset) {
    if (multiset instanceof UnmodifiableMultiset || multiset instanceof ImmutableMultiset) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // Since it's unmodifiable, the covariant cast is safe
      Multiset<E> result = (Multiset<E>) multiset;
      return result;
    }
    return new UnmodifiableMultiset<>(checkNotNull(multiset));
  }

  /**
   * Simply returns its argument.

    checkNotNull(iterable);
    if (iterable instanceof UnmodifiableIterable || iterable instanceof ImmutableCollection) {
      @SuppressWarnings("unchecked") // Since it's unmodifiable, the covariant cast is safe
      Iterable<T> result = (Iterable<T>) iterable;
      return result;
    }
    return new UnmodifiableIterable<>(iterable);
  }

  /**
   * Simply returns its argument.
   *

   * bits.
   *
   * @param h hash code
   */
  static int rehash(int h) {
    // Spread bits to regularize both segment and index locations,
    // using variant of single-word Wang/Jenkins hash.
    // TODO(kevinb): use Hashing/move this to Hashing?
    h += (h << 15) ^ 0xffffcd7d;
    h ^= (h >>> 10);
    h += (h << 3);
    h ^= (h >>> 6);

import static com.google.common.math.StatsTesting.LARGE_INTEGER_VALUES_POPULATION_VARIANCE;
import static com.google.common.math.StatsTesting.LARGE_INTEGER_VALUES_STATS;
import static com.google.common.math.StatsTesting.LARGE_LONG_VALUES_MEAN;
import static com.google.common.math.StatsTesting.LARGE_LONG_VALUES_POPULATION_VARIANCE;
import static com.google.common.math.StatsTesting.LARGE_LONG_VALUES_STATS;

      if (values.hasAnyNonFinite()) {
        assertWithMessage("population variance of " + values).that(populationVariance).isNaN();
        assertWithMessage("population variance by addAll(Stats) of " + values)
            .that(populationVarianceByAddAllStats)
            .isNaN();
      } else {
        assertWithMessage("population variance of " + values)
            .that(populationVariance)
            .isWithin(ALLOWED_ERROR)

      BigInteger.valueOf(Integer.MAX_VALUE)
          .multiply(BigInteger.valueOf(3L))
          .divide(BigInteger.valueOf(4L))
          .doubleValue();
  static final double LARGE_INTEGER_VALUES_POPULATION_VARIANCE =
      BigInteger.valueOf(Integer.MAX_VALUE)
          .multiply(BigInteger.valueOf(Integer.MAX_VALUE))
          .divide(BigInteger.valueOf(16L))
          .doubleValue();