Problem 42764. Find the next square number

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Peng Liu on 6 Mar 2016

Similar to Solution 844592, this fails for large x, e.g., x = 1e16, due to floating point errors

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Peng Liu on 6 Mar 2016

This solution is numerically more stable than Solution 844592.

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Peng Liu on 6 Mar 2016

This solution fails for large x > 1e15 due to floating point errors (e.g., 1e16+0.5==1e16).

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