Irrationality of the square root of 2: the early Pythagorean proof, Theodorus's and Theaetetus's generalizations

DOI10.1007/s00283-014-9521-xzbMath1331.01005OpenAlexW230001204WikidataQ114230183 ScholiaQ114230183MaRDI QIDQ906027

Zoran Lučić

Publication date: 29 January 2016

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-014-9521-x

zbMATH Keywords

EuclidTheaetetusPythagorasTheodorus

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of number theory (11-03) Irrationality; linear independence over a field (11J72) History of Greek and Roman mathematics (01A20)

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Cites Work

• Extreme proofs. I: The irrationality of \(\sqrt 2\)
• Pythagoras and the Early Pythagoreans
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