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It's available in an online digital library:

https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008299070

Click the Full View link to get a reader on the entire book. Section
mentioned below starts on page 63 of that document.

BAJ

On Fri, Sep 18, 2020 at 10:24:40PM +1200, RussellMc wrote:
> A friend, who is a highly competent coder says:
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> I have long used a fast integer square root algorithm which is very simil=
ar
> to binary division.
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> I came across it in a book titled Digital Computer Design Fundamentals by
> Yaohan Chu published by McGraw Hill in 1962.  It predates ISBN's but has =
a
> Library of Congress Catalog card number 62-11193.   The author was a
> professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the University o=
f
> Maryland.  The square root algorithm is described starting on page 43
> (section 1-10).
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> I still have the book  - it was a "discard" from the U of A Engineering
> Library when I was doing my Masters.  It's a fascinating read covering th=
e
> technologies of the time.
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> Copies may be found here:
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> Amazon $4.25
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> https://www.amazon.com/Digital-Computer-Design-Fundamentals-Yaohan/dp/007=
0108005
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> ABEbooks
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> https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?sts=3Dt&cm_sp=3DSearchF-_-=
home-_-Results&an=3Dyaohan+chu&tn=3Ddigital+computer+design+fundamentals&kn=
=3D&isbn=3D
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>     Russell
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