The babylonian method to get the sqare root of any number, yes, the one that takes an estimation, usually dividing the number by two, and then it takes the original number and add it to the estimation, then the result is divided by two, and there you got an iteration; the babylonian method is to do this iteration till get the sqare root<\/p>\n

On code, that can be represented as a formula:<\/p>\n

x <\/span>= (x <\/span>+ number<\/span>\/x<\/span>)\/2.0<\/strong><\/p>\n

number<\/span> <\/strong>is the number from we want to get the swareroot
\nx <\/strong><\/span>starts as the number divided by two
\nAt the end, x will be the squareroot of the desired number<\/p>\n

To make the computer repeat the mothod untill get the desired number, I used a while loop where te condition was:<\/p>\n

x<\/strong><\/span>*x<\/strong> <\/span>–number<\/span><\/strong>> 0.00000000001<\/p>\n

That means that the program will run the formule while\u00a0the diference between the initial number and the current result is greater that that little number. NOTE, you have to take the difference as an absolute value<\/p>\n

It was an easy code, because the babylonian did all the math, really, those people were smarta…<\/p>\n

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As always:<\/p>\n

Github code<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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