ref: cd747191012d0420ac631340d962da1f80cef0a5
dir: /sys/src/cmd/map/sqrt.c/
/* sqrt returns the square root of its floating point argument. Newton's method. calls frexp */ #include <u.h> #include <libc.h> double sqrt(double arg) { double x, temp; int exp, i; if(arg <= 0) { if(arg < 0) return 0.; return 0; } x = frexp(arg, &exp); while(x < 0.5) { x *= 2; exp--; } /* * NOTE * this wont work on 1's comp */ if(exp & 1) { x *= 2; exp--; } temp = 0.5 * (1.0+x); while(exp > 60) { temp *= (1L<<30); exp -= 60; } while(exp < -60) { temp /= (1L<<30); exp += 60; } if(exp >= 0) temp *= 1L << (exp/2); else temp /= 1L << (-exp/2); for(i=0; i<=4; i++) temp = 0.5*(temp + arg/temp); return temp; }