Re: Inverting Square Root Thingy


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Re: Inverting Square Root Thingy



You could write a little routine that would work in some cases. Try
testing if the fractional part of x^2 is less than 10^-11. If so, x is
sqrt(x^2) or nearabouts.  If you have sqrt(3)/2 you want to look at the
fractional part of (2x)^2.



Russell L. Miller wrote:

> Does anyone know if there is a function on the 86 that will convert square
> root decimals back to root form like the >Frac function does for fractions.
>
> ie:
> .25>Frac = 1/4
> so
> 1.14121356237=sqrt(2)


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