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diff --git a/libgo/go/math/cbrt.go b/libgo/go/math/cbrt.go
index 272e3092310..f009fafd7d8 100644
--- a/libgo/go/math/cbrt.go
+++ b/libgo/go/math/cbrt.go
@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@
package math
-/*
- The algorithm is based in part on "Optimal Partitioning of
- Newton's Method for Calculating Roots", by Gunter Meinardus
- and G. D. Taylor, Mathematics of Computation © 1980 American
- Mathematical Society.
- (http://www.jstor.org/stable/2006387?seq=9, accessed 11-Feb-2010)
-*/
+// The go code is a modified version of the original C code from
+// http://www.netlib.org/fdlibm/s_cbrt.c and came with this notice.
+//
+// ====================================================
+// Copyright (C) 1993 by Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved.
+//
+// Developed at SunSoft, a Sun Microsystems, Inc. business.
+// Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
+// software is freely granted, provided that this notice
+// is preserved.
+// ====================================================
// Cbrt returns the cube root of x.
//
@@ -20,57 +24,54 @@ package math
// Cbrt(NaN) = NaN
func Cbrt(x float64) float64 {
const (
- A1 = 1.662848358e-01
- A2 = 1.096040958e+00
- A3 = 4.105032829e-01
- A4 = 5.649335816e-01
- B1 = 2.639607233e-01
- B2 = 8.699282849e-01
- B3 = 1.629083358e-01
- B4 = 2.824667908e-01
- C1 = 4.190115298e-01
- C2 = 6.904625373e-01
- C3 = 6.46502159e-02
- C4 = 1.412333954e-01
+ B1 = 715094163 // (682-0.03306235651)*2**20
+ B2 = 696219795 // (664-0.03306235651)*2**20
+ C = 5.42857142857142815906e-01 // 19/35 = 0x3FE15F15F15F15F1
+ D = -7.05306122448979611050e-01 // -864/1225 = 0xBFE691DE2532C834
+ E = 1.41428571428571436819e+00 // 99/70 = 0x3FF6A0EA0EA0EA0F
+ F = 1.60714285714285720630e+00 // 45/28 = 0x3FF9B6DB6DB6DB6E
+ G = 3.57142857142857150787e-01 // 5/14 = 0x3FD6DB6DB6DB6DB7
+ SmallestNormal = 2.22507385850720138309e-308 // 2**-1022 = 0x0010000000000000
)
// special cases
switch {
case x == 0 || IsNaN(x) || IsInf(x, 0):
return x
}
+
sign := false
if x < 0 {
x = -x
sign = true
}
- // Reduce argument and estimate cube root
- f, e := Frexp(x) // 0.5 <= f < 1.0
- m := e % 3
- if m > 0 {
- m -= 3
- e -= m // e is multiple of 3
- }
- switch m {
- case 0: // 0.5 <= f < 1.0
- f = A1*f + A2 - A3/(A4+f)
- case -1:
- f *= 0.5 // 0.25 <= f < 0.5
- f = B1*f + B2 - B3/(B4+f)
- default: // m == -2
- f *= 0.25 // 0.125 <= f < 0.25
- f = C1*f + C2 - C3/(C4+f)
+
+ // rough cbrt to 5 bits
+ t := Float64frombits(Float64bits(x)/3 + B1<<32)
+ if x < SmallestNormal {
+ // subnormal number
+ t = float64(1 << 54) // set t= 2**54
+ t *= x
+ t = Float64frombits(Float64bits(t)/3 + B2<<32)
}
- y := Ldexp(f, e/3) // e/3 = exponent of cube root
- // Iterate
- s := y * y * y
- t := s + x
- y *= (t + x) / (s + t)
- // Reiterate
- s = (y*y*y - x) / x
- y -= y * (((14.0/81.0)*s-(2.0/9.0))*s + (1.0 / 3.0)) * s
+ // new cbrt to 23 bits
+ r := t * t / x
+ s := C + r*t
+ t *= G + F/(s+E+D/s)
+
+ // chop to 22 bits, make larger than cbrt(x)
+ t = Float64frombits(Float64bits(t)&(0xFFFFFFFFC<<28) + 1<<30)
+
+ // one step newton iteration to 53 bits with error less than 0.667ulps
+ s = t * t // t*t is exact
+ r = x / s
+ w := t + t
+ r = (r - t) / (w + r) // r-s is exact
+ t = t + t*r
+
+ // restore the sign bit
if sign {
- y = -y
+ t = -t
}
- return y
+ return t
}