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/*
 * sqrt.h
 * Implementations born on the Quake 3 fast inverse square root 
 * function.
 * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_inverse_square_root
 * 
 *  Created on: Jun 24, 2012
 *      Author: Danilo Piparo, Thomas Hauth, Vincenzo Innocente
 */

/* 
 * VDT is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
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 * 
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 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
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 * 
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 */

#ifndef SQRT_H_
#define SQRT_H_

#include "vdtcore_common.h"

namespace vdt{

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------


/// Sqrt implmentation from Quake3
inline double fast_isqrt_general(double x, const uint32_t ISQRT_ITERATIONS) {

  const double threehalfs = 1.5;
  const double x2 = x * 0.5;
  double y  = x;
  uint64_t i  = details::dp2uint64(y);
  // Evil!
  i  = 0x5fe6eb50c7aa19f9ULL  - ( i >> 1 );
  y  = details::uint642dp(i);
  for (uint32_t j=0;j<ISQRT_ITERATIONS;++j)
      y *= threehalfs - ( x2 * y * y ) ;

  return y;
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/// Four iterations
inline double fast_isqrt(double x) {return fast_isqrt_general(x,4);}

/// Three iterations
inline double fast_approx_isqrt(double x) {return fast_isqrt_general(x,3);}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/// For comparisons
inline double isqrt (double x) {return 1./std::sqrt(x);}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/// Sqrt implmentation from Quake3
inline float fast_isqrtf_general(float x, const uint32_t ISQRT_ITERATIONS) {

  const float threehalfs = 1.5f;
  const float x2 = x * 0.5f;
  float y  = x;
  uint32_t i  = details::sp2uint32(y);
  i  = 0x5f3759df - ( i >> 1 );
  y  = details::uint322sp(i);
  for (uint32_t j=0;j<ISQRT_ITERATIONS;++j)
    y  *= ( threehalfs - ( x2 * y * y ) );

  return y;
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/// Two iterations
inline float fast_isqrtf(float x) {return fast_isqrtf_general(x,2);}

/// One (!) iterations
inline float fast_approx_isqrtf(float x) {return fast_isqrtf_general(x,1);}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

/// For comparisons
inline float isqrtf (float x) {return 1.f/std::sqrt(x);}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------

} // end namespace vdt

#endif /* SQRT_H_ */