SQRT

Section: Mathematical Library (3M)
Updated: August 1, 1992
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NAME

sqrt, cbrt - square root, cube root  

SYNOPSIS

#include <math.h>

double sqrt(double x);
 

(ALSO AVAILABLE IN BSD)

double cbrt(double x);
 

DESCRIPTION

Sqrt(x) returns the square root of x.

Cbrt(x) returns the square root of x. Cbrt is not neither ANSI- nor POSIX-compliant.  

ERROR (due to roundoff, etc.)

Sqrt on a machine that conforms to IEEE 754 is correctly rounded in accordance with the rounding mode in force; the error is less than half an ulp in the default mode (round-to-nearest). An ulp is one Unit in the Last Place carried.

Cbrt is accurate to within 0.7 ulps.  

SEE ALSO

math(3M)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
(ALSO AVAILABLE IN BSD)
DESCRIPTION
ERROR (due to roundoff, etc.)
SEE ALSO

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