James Newton wrote:
> Specifically, I wanted to calculate Yx^(-0.5) for fixed values of Y
> and x=3D1 to whatever as x is incremented by 1 each calculation... For
> example, 1132x^(-.5), or 432x^(-.5)

I'm not sure I understand correctly.  I think you want to solve Y/sqrt(x)
for arbitrary Y values and successive integer values of X?  If so, what
range of X?  If only hundreds or maybe up to a few thousand you could just
precompute all the possible 1/sqrt(x) into a table.  Then you only need to
pick the right table entry at run time and multiply by Y.  Unless your rang=
e
of X is very large, no polynomials need be molested.


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