| Title: | Mathematics at DEC |
| Moderator: | RUSURE::EDP |
| Created: | Mon Feb 03 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 2083 |
| Total number of notes: | 14613 |
Does anyone know a simple algorithm that can be used to calculate
square roots by hand? I remember learning one when I was in high
school. It's a fairly simple procedure that looks something like long
division and can be taken out to as many decimal places as required.
I've been looking in a number of texts, and can't seem to find it
anywhere.
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines |
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| 1899.1 | Newton-Raphson | HERON::BLOMBERG | Trapped inside the universe | Mon Oct 03 1994 06:53 | 4 |
Newton-Raphson to calculate sqrt(c):
x(n+1) = 0.5*(x(n) + c/x(n))
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| 1899.2 | Try 1052.1 | IOSG::TEFNUT::carlin | Dick Carlin IOSG Reading | Mon Oct 03 1994 07:45 | 1 |