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_arf_want_newton_inv, _arf_want_newton_div, _arf_want_newton_sqrt, _arf_want_newton_rsqrt, _arf_want_newton_inv_large, _arf_want_newton_div_large

Synopsis#include <flint/arf.h>
int _arf_want_newton_inv(const arf_t x, slong prec)source
int _arf_want_newton_div(const arf_t x, const arf_t y, slong prec)source
int _arf_want_newton_sqrt(const arf_t x, slong prec)source
int _arf_want_newton_rsqrt(const arf_t x, slong prec)source
int _arf_want_newton_inv_large(const arf_t x, slong prec)source
int _arf_want_newton_div_large(const arf_t x, const arf_t y, slong prec)source

Decide whether a relaxed-mode inversion, division, square root or reciprocal square root at precision prec uses Newton iteration; the _large versions contain the tests that are made only above the precision cutoffs.

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The FLINT team, “_arf_want_newton_inv, _arf_want_newton_div, _arf_want_newton_sqrt, _arf_want_newton_rsqrt, _arf_want_newton_inv_large, _arf_want_newton_div_large (arf.h),” FLINT: Fast Library for Number Theory, documentation, version 3.7.0-dev, 2026. https://flintlib.org/doc/arf/_arf_want_newton_inv.html (generated 2026-10-20).