diff --git a/Source/OpenTK/Math/Functions.cs b/Source/OpenTK/Math/Functions.cs
index 91104cfd..259d0eb8 100644
--- a/Source/OpenTK/Math/Functions.cs
+++ b/Source/OpenTK/Math/Functions.cs
@@ -15,9 +15,28 @@ namespace OpenTK.Math
     /// </summary>
     public static class Functions
     {
-        public static float SqrtFast(float p)
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Returns an approximation of the inverse square root of a number.
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="x">A number.</param>
+        /// <returns>An approximation of the inverse square root of the specified number, with an upper error bound of 0.001</returns>
+        /// <remarks>
+        /// This is an improved implementation of the the method known as Carmack's inverse square root
+        /// which is found in the Quake III source code. This implementation comes from
+        /// http://www.codemaestro.com/reviews/review00000105.html. For the history of this method, see
+        /// http://www.beyond3d.com/content/articles/8/
+        /// </remarks>
+        public static float InverseSqrtFast(float x)
         {
-            throw new Exception("The method or operation is not implemented.");
+            unsafe
+            {
+                float xhalf = 0.5f * x;
+                int i = *(int*)&x;              // Read bits as integer.
+                i = 0x5f375a86 - (i >> 1);      // Make an initial guess for Newton-Raphson approximation
+                x = *(float*)&i;                // Convert bits back to float
+                x = x * (1.5f - xhalf * x * x); // Perform a single Newton-Raphson step.
+                return x;
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/Source/OpenTK/Math/Vector2.cs b/Source/OpenTK/Math/Vector2.cs
index b667e629..f30c5732 100644
--- a/Source/OpenTK/Math/Vector2.cs
+++ b/Source/OpenTK/Math/Vector2.cs
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ namespace OpenTK.Math
         {
             get
             {
-                return OpenTK.Math.Functions.SqrtFast(X * X + Y * Y);
+                return OpenTK.Math.Functions.InverseSqrtFast(X * X + Y * Y);
             }
         }