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Heron's method/Square root 3/Square root 1 divided by 3/Exercise

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Let (xn)n denote the Heron-sequence for the computation of 3 with initial value x0=1 and let (yn)n be the Heron-sequence for the computation of 13 with initial value y0=1.

  1. Compute x1 and x2.
  2. Compute y1 and y2.
  3. Compute x0y0,x1y1 and x2y2.
  4. Does the product sequence zn=xnyn converge within the rational numbers?