end 在下面均方根程序中的平方根计算使用了巴比伦方法(英语:Methods_of_computing_square_roots#Babylonian_method)。 sqroot(avg(square(a))) where square(x) = x*x; avg(y) = mean where
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mathematician 毕达哥拉斯, although it was known before him to Babylonian mathematicians(英语:Babylonian mathematics) (although it is not known if the Babylonians