This. I'm a mathematician with 25000+ rep on Math.StackExchange and I literally cannot perform grade school long divhttps://twitter.com/gravislizard/status/706874261969903616 …
@Monophylos @gravislizard Newton's method, probs. But this belies fundamental point: if such precision necessary, prefer having validation
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@EmilyGorcenski@gravislizard Couldn't possibly be Newton's method; the technique obtains each digit in turn, like long division -
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@gravislizard oh I've seen that one before. See if I can't recall it... -
@EmilyGorcenski@gravislizard I finally remembered after a bit of scribbling. It's weirdpic.twitter.com/09O9TaSsQB
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