Re: cube root of a given number

Am 15.07.2007 05:30 schrieb arithmeticae:
If you really like to analyze the most simple high-order root-solving
algorithms then you should take a look at:

http://mipagina.cantv.net/arithmetic/rmdef.htm

It is striking to realize that these new extremely simple artihmetical
algorithms do not appear in any text on numbers since Babylonian times
up to now.

Yes, I'd second that. It surprises me, that this method is
not more widely discussed. It is -at least- an amazing
approach in his simpliness and in its line of proceeding,
even if it should not be efficient.

Hope, it will make its way into some books, at least as
an annotation, or in journals/books which are dedicated
to recreational and surprising mathematics.

Gottfried

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Gottfried Helms, Kassel
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