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22 
23 #ifndef lint
24 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)cbrt.c	5.5 (Berkeley) 09/22/88";
25 #endif /* not lint */
26 
27 /* kahan's cube root (53 bits IEEE double precision)
28  * for IEEE machines only
29  * coded in C by K.C. Ng, 4/30/85
30  *
31  * Accuracy:
32  *	better than 0.667 ulps according to an error analysis. Maximum
33  * error observed was 0.666 ulps in an 1,000,000 random arguments test.
34  *
35  * Warning: this code is semi machine dependent; the ordering of words in
36  * a floating point number must be known in advance. I assume that the
37  * long interger at the address of a floating point number will be the
38  * leading 32 bits of that floating point number (i.e., sign, exponent,
39  * and the 20 most significant bits).
40  * On a National machine, it has different ordering; therefore, this code
41  * must be compiled with flag -DNATIONAL.
42  */
43 #if !defined(vax)&&!defined(tahoe)
44 
45 static const unsigned long
46 		     B1 = 715094163, /* B1 = (682-0.03306235651)*2**20 */
47 	             B2 = 696219795; /* B2 = (664-0.03306235651)*2**20 */
48 static const double
49 	    C= 19./35.,
50 	    D= -864./1225.,
51 	    E= 99./70.,
52 	    F= 45./28.,
53 	    G= 5./14.;
54 
55 double cbrt(x)
56 double x;
57 {
58 	double r,s,t=0.0,w;
59 	unsigned long *px = (unsigned long *) &x,
60 	              *pt = (unsigned long *) &t,
61 		      mexp,sign;
62 
63 #ifdef national /* ordering of words in a floating points number */
64 	const int n0=1,n1=0;
65 #else	/* national */
66 	const int n0=0,n1=1;
67 #endif	/* national */
68 
69 	mexp=px[n0]&0x7ff00000;
70 	if(mexp==0x7ff00000) return(x); /* cbrt(NaN,INF) is itself */
71 	if(x==0.0) return(x);		/* cbrt(0) is itself */
72 
73 	sign=px[n0]&0x80000000; /* sign= sign(x) */
74 	px[n0] ^= sign;		/* x=|x| */
75 
76 
77     /* rough cbrt to 5 bits */
78 	if(mexp==0) 		/* subnormal number */
79 	  {pt[n0]=0x43500000; 	/* set t= 2**54 */
80 	   t*=x; pt[n0]=pt[n0]/3+B2;
81 	  }
82 	else
83 	  pt[n0]=px[n0]/3+B1;
84 
85 
86     /* new cbrt to 23 bits, may be implemented in single precision */
87 	r=t*t/x;
88 	s=C+r*t;
89 	t*=G+F/(s+E+D/s);
90 
91     /* chopped to 20 bits and make it larger than cbrt(x) */
92 	pt[n1]=0; pt[n0]+=0x00000001;
93 
94 
95     /* one step newton iteration to 53 bits with error less than 0.667 ulps */
96 	s=t*t;		/* t*t is exact */
97 	r=x/s;
98 	w=t+t;
99 	r=(r-t)/(w+r);	/* r-t is exact */
100 	t=t+t*r;
101 
102 
103     /* retore the sign bit */
104 	pt[n0] |= sign;
105 	return(t);
106 }
107 #endif
108