[erlang-questions] Integer nth-root (Re: [erlang-questions] Integer square root)

[Hynek Vychodil]

Numeric mathematic is not as simple as seems at first sight. Rounding
errors can lead to numeric instability. Try bignum_root:root(3,2) for
example.

There is little bit improved version:
http://gist.github.com/292750

On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 6:44 AM, Kenji Rikitake <kenji.rikitake@REDACTED> wrote:
> http://gist.github.com/286576
> for the GitHub users.
>
> Kenji Rikitake
>
>> %% This is a quick hack of code for Integer nth-root in Erlang.
>>
>> %% Power function (X ^ Y) and root function (X ^ (1/Y)) for
>> %% integers in Erlang
>> %% by Kenji Rikitake <kenji.rikitake@REDACTED> 26-JAN-2010
>> %% Distributed under MIT license at the end of the source code.
>
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