I remember from my highschool days a division-like algorithm for calculating square, even cubic roots. I know the continued fraction method, some series and Newton's method. I have checked similar questions in this site with no success. Do anybody have knowledge of this method?
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2You mean this? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methods_of_computing_square_roots#Digit-by-digit_calculation – Ayman Hourieh Mar 20 '13 at 19:10
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@AymanHourieh: Yes :). – dot dot Mar 20 '13 at 19:12