note 107539 deleted from function.sqrt by hholzgra

From: Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2012 15:37:46 +0000
Subject: note 107539 deleted from function.sqrt by hholzgra
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Note Submitter: Husoski ---- This is interesting. The "xth square root" idea is being used by a couple different posters, but it's not a root at all. It the logarithm, base x. In the posted code, it's rounded down to the next smaller or equal integer, but it's still a logarithm. The full exact value as a float can be computed with log(value)/log(x). No loops needed. For true xth roots, use pow(value, 1.0/x). That gives you the number that produces (value) when raised to the x power.

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