xref: /original-bsd/lib/libm/ieee/cbrt.c (revision 89a39cb6)
1 /*
2  * Copyright (c) 1985 Regents of the University of California.
3  * All rights reserved.
4  *
5  * %sccs.include.redist.c%
6  *
7  * All recipients should regard themselves as participants in an ongoing
8  * research project and hence should feel obligated to report their
9  * experiences (good or bad) with these elementary function codes, using
10  * the sendbug(8) program, to the authors.
11  */
12 
13 #ifndef lint
14 static char sccsid[] = "@(#)cbrt.c	5.7 (Berkeley) 06/01/90";
15 #endif /* not lint */
16 
17 #include <sys/stdc.h>
18 
19 /* kahan's cube root (53 bits IEEE double precision)
20  * for IEEE machines only
21  * coded in C by K.C. Ng, 4/30/85
22  *
23  * Accuracy:
24  *	better than 0.667 ulps according to an error analysis. Maximum
25  * error observed was 0.666 ulps in an 1,000,000 random arguments test.
26  *
27  * Warning: this code is semi machine dependent; the ordering of words in
28  * a floating point number must be known in advance. I assume that the
29  * long interger at the address of a floating point number will be the
30  * leading 32 bits of that floating point number (i.e., sign, exponent,
31  * and the 20 most significant bits).
32  * On a National machine, it has different ordering; therefore, this code
33  * must be compiled with flag -DNATIONAL.
34  */
35 #if !defined(vax)&&!defined(tahoe)
36 
37 static const unsigned long
38 		     B1 = 715094163, /* B1 = (682-0.03306235651)*2**20 */
39 	             B2 = 696219795; /* B2 = (664-0.03306235651)*2**20 */
40 static const double
41 	    C= 19./35.,
42 	    D= -864./1225.,
43 	    E= 99./70.,
44 	    F= 45./28.,
45 	    G= 5./14.;
46 
47 double cbrt(x)
48 double x;
49 {
50 	double r,s,t=0.0,w;
51 	unsigned long *px = (unsigned long *) &x,
52 	              *pt = (unsigned long *) &t,
53 		      mexp,sign;
54 
55 #ifdef national /* ordering of words in a floating points number */
56 	const int n0=1,n1=0;
57 #else	/* national */
58 	const int n0=0,n1=1;
59 #endif	/* national */
60 
61 	mexp=px[n0]&0x7ff00000;
62 	if(mexp==0x7ff00000) return(x); /* cbrt(NaN,INF) is itself */
63 	if(x==0.0) return(x);		/* cbrt(0) is itself */
64 
65 	sign=px[n0]&0x80000000; /* sign= sign(x) */
66 	px[n0] ^= sign;		/* x=|x| */
67 
68 
69     /* rough cbrt to 5 bits */
70 	if(mexp==0) 		/* subnormal number */
71 	  {pt[n0]=0x43500000; 	/* set t= 2**54 */
72 	   t*=x; pt[n0]=pt[n0]/3+B2;
73 	  }
74 	else
75 	  pt[n0]=px[n0]/3+B1;
76 
77 
78     /* new cbrt to 23 bits, may be implemented in single precision */
79 	r=t*t/x;
80 	s=C+r*t;
81 	t*=G+F/(s+E+D/s);
82 
83     /* chopped to 20 bits and make it larger than cbrt(x) */
84 	pt[n1]=0; pt[n0]+=0x00000001;
85 
86 
87     /* one step newton iteration to 53 bits with error less than 0.667 ulps */
88 	s=t*t;		/* t*t is exact */
89 	r=x/s;
90 	w=t+t;
91 	r=(r-t)/(w+r);	/* r-t is exact */
92 	t=t+t*r;
93 
94 
95     /* retore the sign bit */
96 	pt[n0] |= sign;
97 	return(t);
98 }
99 #endif
100