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- From: sgsrini@u.washington.edu ('srini' Srinivasan Srivilliputhur)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Recipe for Fast square root function sqrt()
- Date: 31 Mar 1996 21:30:39 GMT
- Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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- Hi-
- A long while ago there was something about fast square root functions. I'm
- specifically looking for a sqrt(x) that is accurate to about 4 decimal
- places. 'x' argument for sqrt() is about, '0.05 < x < 10^8'.
-
- Thanks a lot.
-
-
- -Srini
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- S. G. Srinivasan email : sgsrini@u.washington.edu
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