babylonian_method.cpp File Reference

A babylonian method (BM) is an algorithm that computes the square root. More...

#include <cassert>
#include <cmath>
#include <iostream>

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Namespaces
namespace	numerical_methods
	for assert

Functions
double	numerical_methods::babylonian_method (double radicand)
	Babylonian methods is an iterative function which returns square root of radicand.
static void	test ()
	Self-test implementations.
int	main ()
	Main function calls automated test function to test the working of fast fourier transform.

Detailed Description

A babylonian method (BM) is an algorithm that computes the square root.

This algorithm has an application in use case scenario where a user wants find accurate square roots of large numbers

Author

Ameya Chawla

Definition in file babylonian_method.cpp.

Function Documentation

main()

int main

(

void

)

Main function calls automated test function to test the working of fast fourier transform.

Returns

0 on exit

Definition at line 94 of file babylonian_method.cpp.

           {
    test();  //  run self-test implementations
             //  with 2 defined test cases
    return 0;
}

test()

void test ( )

static

Self-test implementations.

Declaring two test cases and checking for the error in predicted and true value is less than 0.0001.

Returns

void

Testcase 1

Testcase 2

Real Output 1

Real Output 2

Test result for testcase 1

Test result for testcase 2

Testing for test Case 1

Testing for test Case 2

Definition at line 62 of file babylonian_method.cpp.

                   {
    /* descriptions of the following test */
 
    auto testcase1 = 125348;  
    auto testcase2 = 752080;  
 
    auto real_output1 = 354.045194855;  
    auto real_output2 = 867.225460881;  
 
    auto test_result1 = numerical_methods::babylonian_method(testcase1);
    auto test_result2 = numerical_methods::babylonian_method(testcase2);
 
    assert(std::max(test_result1, real_output1) -
               std::min(test_result1, real_output1) <
           0.0001);
    assert(std::max(test_result2, real_output2) -
               std::min(test_result2, real_output2) <
           0.0001);
 
    std::cout << "All tests have successfully passed!\n";
}