Subj : Re: sqrt algo
To   : comp.programming
From : osmium
Date : Wed Jul 13 2005 07:53 am

"himanshu bafna" writes:

> Can anyone shed light on an Algorithm for finding out the square root of a 
> number? to make it simple lets only consider integers.

Look up Newton-Raphson.  There are lots of different write ups, look at 
different ones until you find one you like.  It will make more sense to you 
if you have some calculus in your background.  A constraint to integers is, 
in general, a red herring.

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