The irrationals. A story of the numbers you can't count on

MaRDI QIDQ2898748zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Julian Havil

Publication date 12 July 2012

zbMATH Keywords

irrationalityEuclidHermiteLiouvilleLambertLindemann

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to mathematics in general (00-01) Foundations: limits and generalizations, elementary topology of the line (26A03) Popularization of mathematics (00A09)

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