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square root of a number
Root that multiplies to itself.
matrix square root
Square root of 2
The square root of 2 (approximately 1.4142) is the positive real number that, when multiplied by itself or squared, equals the number 2.
Square root of 3
The square root of 3 is the positive real number that, when multiplied by itself, gives the number 3.
principal square root
(mathematics) The positive square root of a number; the positive number which, when squared, yields another number
Square root of 5
The square root of 5 is the positive real number that, when multiplied by itself, gives the prime number 5.
square root of fuck all
(UK, slang, vulgar, derogatory, rare) Absolutely nothing.
Fast inverse square root
Fast inverse square root, sometimes referred to as or by the hexadecimal constant , is an algorithm that estimates , the reciprocal (or multiplicative inverse) of the square root of a 32-bit floating-point number in IEEE 754 floating-point format.
Square root of a matrix
In mathematics, the square root of a matrix extends the notion of square root from numbers to matrices.
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