Square Root of 2
Prove that the Square Root of 2
is an irrational number.
Discussion: That is, prove that this number can
not be expressed as a rational fraction in lowest terms,
where the greatest common divisor of a and b is 1.
For what positive integers N does your proof generalize
to show that
is irrational?
Why? or Why not?
Show
irrational.
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