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Calculating the floor of y**(1/m)
Alexandros V. Gerbessiotis
We present two algorithms based on the Newton-Raphson method to calculate the floor of y**(1/m) for natural integer numbers y>2 and m >1. One could use such an algorithm to establi…
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Lectures notes on number theory for computer science
Alexandros V. Gerbessiotis
This brief, in the form of an e-book, is a collection of notes that cover elementary and medium level number theory with a target audience of primarily computer science students. I…