Extreme proofs. I: The irrationality of 2

DOI10.1007/S00283-013-9373-9zbMATH Open1281.00002OpenAlexW2060075677MaRDI QIDQ384409FDOQ384409

Joseph Shipman, J. H. Conway

Publication date: 27 November 2013

Published in: The Mathematical Intelligencer (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-013-9373-9

zbMATH Keywords

irrationalitysquare roots

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Mathematics in general (00A05) Number theory (educational aspects) (97F60) Irrationality; linear independence over a field (11J72)

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