Irrationality of The Square Root of Two -- A Geometric Proof

DOI10.2307/2695741zbMath0990.11046OpenAlexW4232673586WikidataQ54244041 ScholiaQ54244041MaRDI QIDQ2758032

Tom M. Apostol

Publication date: 9 December 2001

Published in: The American Mathematical Monthly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2695741

zbMATH Keywords

irrationality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Distribution modulo one (11J71)

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