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First solution in Clear category for Super Root by thuvh
from math import log, pow
def super_root(number):
value = 10
while True:
tmp = pow(value, value)
if abs(tmp - number) <= 0.001:
break
value = value - (tmp - number) / (tmp * (log(value) + 1))
return value
if __name__ == '__main__':
#These "asserts" using only for self-checking and not necessary for auto-testing
def check_result(function, number):
result = function(number)
if not isinstance(result, (int, float)):
print("The result should be a float or an integer.")
return False
p = result ** result
if number - 0.001 < p < number + 0.001:
return True
return False
assert check_result(super_root, 4), "Square"
assert check_result(super_root, 9), "Cube"
assert check_result(super_root, 81), "Eighty one"
July 11, 2014
