# Chinese square root

How I derive a sequence of decimal approximations to square root of 2 to five-place accuracy using the chinese square root algorithm

 ebaines Posts: 10,585, Reputation: 5794 Expert #2 Sep 3, 2008, 07:19 AM
I don't know what the "Chinese algorithm" is, but check out the following for various methods of calculating square roots. The digit-by-digit method may be what you're asking about - see the example for calculating $\sqrt 2$ about one third of the way down the page.

Methods of computing square roots - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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