Elementary Math, Beautiful Math: The Square Root of 2 is irrational
Sep 4, 2018 · 3 min read
For an introduction to this series see this story. Briefly, I show some beautiful math that can be understood with only the math learned in elementary school.
What are square roots?
A square root is a number that, squared (multiplied by itself) equals a given number. For example, the square root of 9 is 3, because 3*3 = 9.
What are irrational numbers?
An irrational number is not a number that is emotional! It’s a number that cannot be…
