From: Loyd <loydlin@aol.com>
To: Teacher2Teacher Public Discussion
Date: 2002081910:31:43
Subject: Re: square root question



You might try this web site which I found by going to www.google.com
and searching for square root algorithm.


http://www.geocities.com/cnowlen/Cathy/Emat4680/Squareroot.htm


Hope this helps you.  Note that this algorithm just keeps getting a
bigger square out of the rectangle represented by (x+y)(x+y)=x^2 +
2*x*y + y^2.

I have a book by J.E.  Thompson, "Mathematics for Self Study,
Arithmetic" written 1931 and re-issued in the 40's that explains the
square root and cube root algorithm. 

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