public class Maths { /** sqrt(a^2 + b^2) without under/overflow. **/ public static double hypot(double a, double b) { double r; if (Math.abs(a) > Math.abs(b)) { r = b/a; r = Math.abs(a)*Math.sqrt(1+r*r); } else if (b != 0) { r = a/b; r = Math.abs(b)*Math.sqrt(1+r*r); } else { r = 0.0; } return r; } }