Averages/Root mean square

Averages/Root mean square
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Compute the Root mean square of the numbers 1..10.

The root mean square is also known by its initial RMS (or rms), and as the quadratic mean.

The RMS is calculated as the mean of the squares of the numbers, square-rooted:

$x_{\mathrm {rms} }={\sqrt {{{x_{1}}^{2}+{x_{2}}^{2}+\cdots +{x_{n}}^{2}} \over n}}.$

C.f. Averages/Pythagorean means

Lua

<lang lua>function sumsq(a, ...) return a and a^2 + sumsq(...) or 0 end function rms(t) return (sumsq(unpack(t)) / #t)^.5 end

print(rms{1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10})</lang>

Python

<lang Python>>>> from __future__ import division >>> from math import sqrt >>> def qmean(num): return sqrt(sum(n*n for n in num)/len(num))

>>> numbers = range(1,11) # 1..10 >>> qmean(numbers) 6.2048368229954285</lang>