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Root 2 is Irrational & So am I… (Proof & a Little History)

by Nick Horton

The Pythagoreans would say that the diagonal of a square is incommensurable with its side. That is, if you draw a square, where each side is measured 1, then what is the length of its diagonal? The answer is , an irrational number (one that cannot be written as a ratio, such as ). There… [Read More]

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