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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="mathml.xsl"?><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:pref="http://www.w3.org/2002/Math/preference" pref:renderer="mathplayer-dl"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="opengl-man.css" /><title>inversesqrt - OpenGL ES Shading Language (GLSL ES)</title><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2" /></head><body><div class="refentry" title="inversesqrt"><a id="inversesqrt"></a><div class="titlepage"></div><div class="refnamediv"><h2>Name</h2><p>inversesqrt — return the inverse of the square root of the parameter</p></div><div class="refsynopsisdiv" title="Declaration"><h2>Declaration</h2><div class="funcsynopsis"><table border="0" summary="Function synopsis" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="funcprototype-table"><tr><td><code class="funcdef">genType <b class="fsfunc">inversesqrt</b>(</code></td><td>genType <var class="pdparam">x</var><code>)</code>;</td></tr></table><div class="funcprototype-spacer"> </div></div></div><div class="refsect1" title="Parameters"><a id="parameters"></a><h2>Parameters</h2><div class="variablelist"><dl><dt><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>x</code></em></span></dt><dd><p>
                    Specify the value of which to take the inverse of the square root.
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            <code class="function">inversesqrt</code> returns the inverse of the square root of <em class="parameter"><code>x</code></em>.
            i.e., the value <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:mfrac><mml:mn>1</mml:mn><mml:msqrt><mml:mi>x</mml:mi></mml:msqrt></mml:mfrac></mml:math>.
            Results are undefined if <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" overflow="scroll"><mml:apply><mml:leq definitionURL="" encoding=""></mml:leq><mml:mi>x</mml:mi><mml:mn>0</mml:mn></mml:apply></mml:math>.
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                        Function
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                        Version 1.00
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                            inversesqrt (genType)
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                            <span class="emphasis"><em>Y</em></span>
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                            <span class="emphasis"><em>Y</em></span>
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            <a class="citerefentry" href="sqrt.xml"><span class="citerefentry"><span class="refentrytitle">sqrt</span></span></a>
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            the Open Publication License, v 1.0, 8 June 1999.
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