programming-examples/java/Numerical_Problems/Java Program to Implement Nth Root Algorithm.java
2019-11-15 12:59:38 +01:00

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/*
This is a Java Program to Implement Nth Root Algorithm. This program is used to calculate n th root of a number x.
*/
/**
** Java Program to implement Nth Root Algorithm
**/
import java.util.Scanner;
/** Class NthRoot **/
public class NthRoot
{
public double nthroot(int n, double x)
{
return nthroot(n, x, .0001);
}
public double nthroot(int n, double x, double p)
{
if(x < 0)
{
System.err.println("Negative!");
return -1;
}
if(x == 0)
return 0;
double x1 = x;
double x2 = x / n;
while (Math.abs(x1 - x2) > p)
{
x1 = x2;
x2 = ((n - 1.0) * x2 + x / Math.pow(x2, n - 1.0)) / n;
}
return x2;
}
/** Main **/
public static void main(String[] args)
{
Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
System.out.println("Nth Root Algorithm Test\n");
System.out.println("Enter n and x");
int n = scan.nextInt();
double x = scan.nextInt();
NthRoot nr = new NthRoot();
double root = nr.nthroot(n, x);
System.out.println("\nRoot = "+ root);
}
}
/*
Enter n and x
2
3
Root = 1.7320508100147274