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+/* sqrtf.c: Computes square root of a 32-bit float as outlined in [1]
+
+ Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Jesus Calvino-Fraga, jesusc@ieee.org
+
+ This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+ This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA */
+
+/* [1] William James Cody and W. M. Waite. _Software manual for the
+ elementary functions_, Englewood Cliffs, N.J.:Prentice-Hall, 1980. */
+
+/* Version 1.0 - Initial release */
+
+/*
+** $Id: sqrtf.c 3654 2005-01-24 10:38:53Z vrokas $
+*/
+
+#include <float.h>
+#include <math.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+float sqrtf(const float x) _MATH_REENTRANT
+{
+ float f, y;
+ FS_STATIC int n;
+
+ if (x==0.0) return x;
+ else if (x==1.0) return 1.0;
+ else if (x<0.0)
+ {
+ errno=EDOM;
+ return 0.0;
+ }
+ f=frexpf(x, &n);
+ y=0.41731+0.59016*f; /*Educated guess*/
+ /*For a 24 bit mantisa (float), two iterations are sufficient*/
+ y+=f/y;
+ y=ldexpf(y, -2) + f/y; /*Faster version of 0.25 * y + f/y*/
+
+ if (n&1)
+ {
+ y*=0.7071067812;
+ ++n;
+ }
+ return ldexpf(y, n/2);
+}