square root

Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1999 17:50:23 +0200
From: rainer storn <rainer.storn@hl.siemens.de>
Newsgroups: comp.dsp
Subject: Square root computation
THIS WORK IS PLACED IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN

Name: Square root computation

Category: Algorithmic Trick

Application: e.g. Magnitude computation

Advantages: Simple and fast

Introduction:

Once in a while the square root of data has to be computed on a DSP. A method that comes to mind is polynomial approximation of the square root function.