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About stdlib...

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Reciprocal Square Root

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Compute the reciprocal of the principal square root of a double-precision floating-point number.

The reciprocal of the principal square root is defined as

$$\mathop{\mathrm{rsqrt}}(x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{x}}$$

Usage

import rsqrt from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/math-base-special-rsqrt@esm/index.mjs';

rsqrt( x )

Computes the reciprocal (inverse) square root of a double-precision floating-point number.

var v = rsqrt( 1.0 );
// returns 1.0

v = rsqrt( 4.0 );
// returns 0.5

v = rsqrt( 100.0 );
// returns 0.1

v = rsqrt( 0.0 );
// returns Infinity

v = rsqrt( NaN );
// returns NaN

v = rsqrt( Infinity );
// returns 0.0

For negative numbers, the reciprocal square root is not defined.

var v = rsqrt( -4.0 );
// returns NaN

Examples

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
<body>
<script type="module">

import randu from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/random-base-randu@esm/index.mjs';
import round from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/math-base-special-round@esm/index.mjs';
import rsqrt from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/stdlib-js/math-base-special-rsqrt@esm/index.mjs';

var x;
var i;

for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) {
    x = round( randu() * 100.0 );
    console.log( 'rsqrt(%d) = %d', x, rsqrt( x ) );
}

</script>
</body>
</html>

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