xyosc/fastsqrt/fastsqrt.go
2024-10-21 19:39:34 +02:00

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package fastsqrt
import "math"
const magic32 = 0x5F375A86
func FastInvSqrt32(n float32) float32 {
// If n is negative return NaN
if n < 0 {
return float32(math.NaN())
} // n2 and th are for one iteration of Newton's method later
n2, th := n*0.5, float32(1.5) // Use math.Float32bits to represent the float32, n, as
// an uint32 without modification.
b := math.Float32bits(n) // Use the new uint32 view of the float32 to shift the bits
// of the float32 1 to the right, chopping off 1 bit from
// the fraction part of the float32.
b = magic32 - (b >> 1) // Use math.Float32frombits to convert the uint32 bits back
// into their float32 representation, again no actual change
// in the bits, just a change in how we treat them in memory.
// f is now our answer of 1 / sqrt(n)
f := math.Float32frombits(b) // Perform one iteration of Newton's method on f to improve
// accuracy
f *= th - (n2 * f * f)
// And return our fast inverse square root result
return f
}