Here you can find the source of sqrt2(float x)
public static final float sqrt2(float x)
//package com.java2s; /*//from w w w . j a v a 2s . c o m * Copyright (c) 2006-2011 Karsten Schmidt * * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either * version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * http://creativecommons.org/licenses/LGPL/2.1/ * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU * Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA */ public class Main { public static final float sqrt2(float x) { x = fastInverseSqrt(x); if (x > 0) { return 1.0f / x; } else { return 0; } } public static final float fastInverseSqrt(float x) { float half = 0.5F * x; int i = Float.floatToIntBits(x); i = 0x5f375a86 - (i >> 1); x = Float.intBitsToFloat(i); return x * (1.5F - half * x * x); } }