Talk:Square root algorithms: Difference between revisions

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:Do you have a reliable source? We don't usually bother including ideas from every amateur web page. And is this really a method of computing? Or just a cute identity? [[User:Dicklyon|Dicklyon]] ([[User talk:Dicklyon|talk]]) 05:14, 28 January 2016 (UTC)

::Using transcendental functions to calculate a much simpler algebraic function, √''n'', seems like burning diamonds to conserve coal. It is not efficient.

::Also these formulas would not work unless ''n'' > 1. And it would not work ''well'' unless ''n'' ≈ 3+2√2 ≈ 5.8 . [[User:JRSpriggs|JRSpriggs]] ([[User talk:JRSpriggs|talk]]) 04:43, 29 January 2016 (UTC)

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