Re: ?Direct Proof of irrationality of sqrt(2)?
From: Bobby (bobbysimpi_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 09/01/04
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Date: 1 Sep 2004 10:10:43 -0700
"Daniel Ryan" <danielmryan@sprint.ca> wrote in message news:<QMbZc.2673$H23.25896@newscontent-01.sprint.ca>...
> I remember reading a book called IRRATIONAL NUMBERS by Prof. Ivan Morton
> Niven, an AMA monograph written in 1963. It has a more direct, if harder to
> follow, proof of the irrationality of sqrt(2), but I'm afraid I don't
> remember the specifics.
>
> Maybe your university library has a copy of the shelves. [If you're an alma
> mater of the University of Toronto, I can guarntee that it is there as of
> the time of this posting.]
I will check it out and get back to you, thanks a lot.
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