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  1. How do I calculate square root in Python? - Stack Overflow

    Jan 20, 2022 · The power operator (**) or the built-in pow() function can also be used to calculate a square root. Mathematically speaking, the square root of a equals a to the power of 1/2. The power …

  2. What is the derivative of the square root of a function f (x)?

    Mar 20, 2015 · What is the derivative of the square root of a function f (x)? Ask Question Asked 10 years, 10 months ago Modified 2 years, 3 months ago

  3. functions - Square root definition - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Jun 14, 2024 · It is standard when working over the real numbers to take the square root function to return the non-negative square root. This is called the principal square root and is described in the …

  4. c - Any way to obtain square root of a number without using math.h …

    Mar 13, 2015 · Here's an implementation of square root function using Newton-Raphson method. The basic idea is that if y is an overestimate to the square root of a non-negative real number x then x/y …

  5. John Carmack's Unusual Fast Inverse Square Root (Quake III)

    John Carmack has a special function in the Quake III source code which calculates the inverse square root of a float, 4x faster than regular (float)(1.0/sqrt(x)), including a strange 0x5f3759df con...

  6. Writing your own square root function - Stack Overflow

    Oct 26, 2009 · How do you write your own function for finding the most accurate square root of an integer? After googling it, I found this (archived from its original link), but first, I didn't get it completely...

  7. Is square root a function? - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Apr 3, 2020 · The square root function, by definition, is a function whose values are all nonnegative. So the algebraic step is related to taking square roots, but it's not the same as taking square roots.

  8. Square Root Function Breaking Rules? - Mathematics Stack Exchange

    Jun 13, 2018 · The square root function, whise range is the non-negative integers is not the inverse of any quadratic function defined on the real numbers. If we restrict the domain of f (x) = x^2 to the …

  9. math - Integer square root in python - Stack Overflow

    Mar 13, 2013 · Is there an integer square root somewhere in python, or in standard libraries? I want it to be exact (i.e. return an integer), and raise an exception if the input isn't a perfect square. I tried u...

  10. Is there an equation similar to square root, but faster for a computer ...

    Jul 11, 2023 · Fermat's spiral uses a square root to calculate the current radius: r = θ√ r = θ and θ = x θ = x Square root is a relatively slow algorithm for a computer to calculate for each point, and I don't …