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/*
* sqrt.c - Newton sqrt
*
* Copyright 2016 Edward V. Emelianov <eddy@sao.ru, edward.emelianoff@gmail.com>
*
* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
* Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
* MA 02110-1301, USA.
*/
#define _XOPEN_SOURCE 1111
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
float SQRT(float x, int iter){
float Result;
int i = 0;
Result = x;
for (i; i < iter; i++)
Result = (Result + x / Result) / 2;
return Result;
}
int main(int argc, char **argv){
if(argc != 2) return 1;
float x = strtof(argv[1], NULL);
if(x < 0) return 2;
printf("sqr(%f) = %f, by 6iter: %f, by 8iter: %f, by 16iter: %f\n", x, sqrtf(x),
SQRT(x, 6), SQRT(x, 8), SQRT(x, 16));
return 0;
}