invsqrt

Compute the reciprocal of the square root of x.

Interface Definition

C interface:

float invsqrtf(float x);

double invsqrt(double x);

long double invsqrtl(long double x);

Fortran interface:

RES = SQRTF(X);

RES = SQRT(X);

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Input/Output
x	For invsqrtf, x is of single-precision floating-point type. For invsqrt, x is of double-precision floating-point type. For invsqrtl, x is of extended-precision floating-point type.	Floating-point value of the input data.	Input

Return Value

If input x is +0, the return value is +∞.
If input x is -0, the return value is -∞.
If input x is less than 0, the return value is NaN.
If input x is +∞, the return value is 0.0.
If input x is NaN, the return value is NaN.

Dependencies

C: "km.h"

Examples

C interface:

    // typical usage 
    double x1 = 1.0, x2 = 2.0, x3 = 3.0, x4 = 4.0; 
    // special handling 
    double a = 0.0, b = INFINITY, c = -INFINITY, d = NAN; 
    // print result 
        printf("invsqrt(1.0) = %.15f\n", invsqrt(x1)); 
        printf("invsqrt(2.0) = %.15f\n", invsqrt(x2)); 
        printf("invsqrt(3.0) = %.15f\n", invsqrt(x3)); 
        printf("invsqrt(4.0) = %.15f\n", invsqrt(x4)); 
        printf("invsqrt(0.0) = %.15f\n", invsqrt(a)); 
        printf("invsqrt(INFINITY) = %.15f\n", invsqrt(b)); 
        printf("invsqrt(-INFINITY) = %.15f\n", invsqrt(c)); 
        printf("invsqrt(NAN) = %.15f\n", invsqrt(d)); 
    /* 
     *  invsqrt(1.0) = 1.000000000000000 
     *  invsqrt(2.0) = 0.707106781186548 
     *  invsqrt(3.0) = 0.577350269189626 
     *  invsqrt(4.0) = 0.500000000000000 
     *  invsqrt(0.0) = inf 
     *  invsqrt(INFINITY) = 0.000000000000000 
     *  invsqrt(-INFINITY) = nan
     *  invsqrt(NAN) = nan 
     * */

Parent topic: Power and Root Functions