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Surprising to know that so many functions are computed using Newton's method such as Logarithm and inverse trignometry. Sure Newton's method converged quadratic
by sytelus 11y ago
Surprising to know that so many functions are computed using Newton's method such as Logarithm and inverse trignometry. Sure Newton's method converged quadratically (each iteration doubles the number of usable digits),but I'd thought there might have been more direct methods.
- ant6n 11y agoTrue, eh. Especially if those functions are available for doubles already. One could probably use the double-version as a first order approximation.