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More robust implementation of PMComplex >> sqrt #257

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The implementation of PMComplex >> sqrt was improved in PR #221.

However, this implementation still suffers from potential floating point overflow/underflow.
This is why I suggest something even more robust (and more accurate) like:

Implementing Complex Elementary Function Using Exception Handling
ACM Transactions on Mathematical Software - October 1994
Ping Tang and 3 other authors

See https://source.squeak.org/trunk/Kernel-nice.1459.diff

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