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From: hallett@pet16.uucp (Jeff Hallett x5163	)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Re: Integral Square Root
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Date: 5 Jan 90 14:51:15 GMT
References: <9170@cbmvax.commodore.com> <21550@mimsy.umd.edu> <9175@cbmvax.commodore.com> <37525@apple.Apple.COM>
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In article <37525@apple.Apple.COM> kchen@Apple.COM (Kok Chen) writes:
>the square root of a number. Well, no big revalation - the algorithm is 
>precisely the one we all learnt in primary school where you gather two digits
>at a time.  Sigh.)

Could someone relate this algorithm?  I remember learning it, but then
promptly forgot it. sigh.  I always thought it was kinda fun.

BTW, I've seen Kok's algorithm before and kinda liked  it.  Thanks for
publishing it.


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