sqrt2aprox

gistfile1.txt

# given the x**2-2=0 condition we bruteforce an aproximation to sqrt(2)

def sqrt2test():
        x = 2
        error = 1
        step = 0.5
        lower_error = 1
        i = 0
        while (error != 0):
                i = i + 1
                error = (x**2-2)
                x = x - (error * step)
                if error < lower_error:
                        lower_error = error
                print "Count: %d, Aprox: %s, Error: %s, LowerError: %s" % (i,x,error,lower_error)

sqrt2test()