what the best algorithim for calculating square using only the 4 basic operations? the i only one i know is approximating it by using newton's method
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what the best algorithim for calculating square using only the 4 basic operations? the i only one i know is approximating it by using newton's method
the newton's approximation is pretty good
Here is a page full of square root algorithms, some using integer arithmetic
http://www.azillionmonkeys.com/qed/sqroot.html