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+#include "MathFunctions.h"
+#include "TutorialConfig.h"
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include <math.h>
+
+// a hack square root calculation using simple operations
+double mysqrt(double x)
+{
+ if (x <= 0) {
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ double result;
+
+// if we have both log and exp then use them
+#if defined(HAVE_LOG) && defined(HAVE_EXP)
+ result = exp(log(x) * 0.5);
+ fprintf(stdout, "Computing sqrt of %g to be %g using log\n", x, result);
+#else
+ double delta;
+ result = x;
+
+ // do ten iterations
+ int i;
+ for (i = 0; i < 10; ++i) {
+ if (result <= 0) {
+ result = 0.1;
+ }
+ delta = x - (result * result);
+ result = result + 0.5 * delta / result;
+ fprintf(stdout, "Computing sqrt of %g to be %g\n", x, result);
+ }
+#endif
+ return result;
+}