Talk:Square root algorithms: Difference between revisions

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Not sure if this is a known or established property, proven, bounded, or if its already in the article in some alternative capacity, or if its even appropriate for this article. I do know the taylor series approximation with two terms connects these expressions.

[[User:CogitoErgoCogitoSum|CogitoErgoCogitoSum]] ([[User talk:CogitoErgoCogitoSum|talk]]) 21:05, 11 February 2024 (UTC)

: There is nothing special about 2 and 4: <math>\sqrt{x+2c} \approx \frac{x+c}{\sqrt{x}}</math> provided that c is small compared to x. This is, in fact, just the firsfirst two terms of the series given in the article under the section heading "Taylor series". [[User:JBW|JBW]] ([[User talk:JBW|talk]]) 01:45, 13 February 2024 (UTC)

: I don't think they are useful. In the first, you have replaced a square root and an addition with a square root, an addition, and a division to get an approximate answer. [[User:Bubba73|Bubba73]] ^{[[User talk:Bubba73|You talkin' to me?]]} 08:02, 13 February 2024 (UTC)