Showing posts with label NUMBER SYSTEM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NUMBER SYSTEM. Show all posts
9 May 2026
8 Sept 2018
IRRATIONAL NUMBER
Hippasus was the student of
Pythagoras who discovered the IRRATIONAL NUMBER.
What is IRRATIONAL NUMBER?
An IRRATIONAL NUMBER is a number
that cannot be written as a fraction another side a rational number can be
expressed as a simple fraction.
Story: Hippasus √2
According to one story, Hippasus was toying with the number √2, attempting to find the value or equivalent fraction. after some times he came to realized that no such fraction existed and √2 is an irrational number. Hippasus overjoyed by his discovery but Pythagos was not. Exsistance of irrational number brought Pythagoras theory into questionable as Pythagoras defined the universe in term of rational number.
According to one story, Hippasus was toying with the number √2, attempting to find the value or equivalent fraction. after some times he came to realized that no such fraction existed and √2 is an irrational number. Hippasus overjoyed by his discovery but Pythagos was not. Exsistance of irrational number brought Pythagoras theory into questionable as Pythagoras defined the universe in term of rational number.
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