Re: Math Functions/OS 3.5

[Russell Y. Webb]

Here's the algorithm for SqRoot.  Make 6 larger if you need better results.
Have fun!

float SqRoot(float x){
float guess = 1.0;
  // interate
  for( int i=0; i<6; ++i ){
    guess = ( guess + x/guess ) / 2
  }
  return guess;
}

Russ Webb



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