Square Root'n with Newton

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 Is your brilliant JavaScript app languishing from the lack of a Square Root function?
Well... your in luck! Isaac Newton (1642-1727) showed us how to find roots a long time ago...

Input value to Sqrt:

Try a generalized example of Newton's Method (not in JavaScript).

NOTE: Netscape Navigator 2.0 (Beta 4+) has the function math.sqrt() which is preferable
to the function above. I have left this page on the web as a JavaScript example of using
Newton's method to find square root.


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