/* * M_APM - mapmcbrt.c * * Copyright (C) 2000 - 2007 Michael C. Ring * * Permission to use, copy, and distribute this software and its * documentation for any purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, * provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and * that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear * in supporting documentation. * * Permission to modify the software is granted. Permission to distribute * the modified code is granted. Modifications are to be distributed by * using the file 'license.txt' as a template to modify the file header. * 'license.txt' is available in the official MAPM distribution. * * This software is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty. */ /* * $Id: mapmcbrt.c,v 1.8 2007/12/03 01:50:32 mike Exp $ * * This file contains the CBRT (cube root) function. * * $Log: mapmcbrt.c,v $ * Revision 1.8 2007/12/03 01:50:32 mike * Update license * * Revision 1.7 2003/05/05 18:17:38 mike * simplify some logic * * Revision 1.6 2003/04/16 16:55:58 mike * use new faster algorithm which finds 1 / cbrt(N) * * Revision 1.5 2002/11/03 21:34:34 mike * Updated function parameters to use the modern style * * Revision 1.4 2000/10/30 16:42:22 mike * minor speed optimization * * Revision 1.3 2000/07/11 18:03:39 mike * make better estimate for initial precision * * Revision 1.2 2000/04/08 18:34:35 mike * added some more comments * * Revision 1.1 2000/04/03 17:58:04 mike * Initial revision */ #include "m_apm_lc.h" /****************************************************************************/ void m_apm_cbrt(M_APM rr, int places, M_APM aa) { M_APM last_x, guess, tmpN, tmp7, tmp8, tmp9; int ii, nexp, bflag, tolerance, maxp, local_precision; /* result is 0 if input is 0 */ if (aa->m_apm_sign == 0) { M_set_to_zero(rr); return; } last_x = M_get_stack_var(); guess = M_get_stack_var(); tmpN = M_get_stack_var(); tmp7 = M_get_stack_var(); tmp8 = M_get_stack_var(); tmp9 = M_get_stack_var(); /* compute the cube root of the positive number, we'll fix the sign later */ m_apm_absolute_value(tmpN, aa); /* normalize the input number (make the exponent near 0) so the 'guess' function will not over/under flow on large magnitude exponents. */ nexp = aa->m_apm_exponent / 3; tmpN->m_apm_exponent -= 3 * nexp; M_get_cbrt_guess(guess, tmpN); tolerance = places + 4; maxp = places + 16; bflag = FALSE; local_precision = 14; m_apm_negate(last_x, MM_Ten); /* Use the following iteration to calculate 1 / cbrt(N) : 4 X = [ 4 * X - N * X ] / 3 n+1 */ ii = 0; while (TRUE) { m_apm_multiply(tmp8, guess, guess); m_apm_multiply(tmp7, tmp8, tmp8); m_apm_round(tmp8, local_precision, tmp7); m_apm_multiply(tmp9, tmpN, tmp8); m_apm_multiply(tmp8, MM_Four, guess); m_apm_subtract(tmp7, tmp8, tmp9); m_apm_divide(guess, local_precision, tmp7, MM_Three); if (bflag) break; /* force at least 2 iterations so 'last_x' has valid data */ if (ii != 0) { m_apm_subtract(tmp8, guess, last_x); if (tmp8->m_apm_sign == 0) break; if ((-4 * tmp8->m_apm_exponent) > tolerance) bflag = TRUE; } local_precision *= 2; if (local_precision > maxp) local_precision = maxp; m_apm_copy(last_x, guess); ii = 1; } /* final cbrt = N * guess ^ 2 */ m_apm_multiply(tmp9, guess, guess); m_apm_multiply(tmp8, tmp9, tmpN); m_apm_round(rr, places, tmp8); rr->m_apm_exponent += nexp; rr->m_apm_sign = aa->m_apm_sign; M_restore_stack(6); } /****************************************************************************/