Re: Real number and rational number!! what is the difference??

From: A N Niel (anniel_at_nym.alias.net.invalid)
Date: 03/19/05 

Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 10:26:21 -0500

In article <1111243449.591741.112040@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com>,
<VijaKhara@gmail.com> wrote:

> hello folks:
>
> I am studying real set and I am confused with the difference between
> real number set: R and rational number set: Q/
>
> In text book, they said R is uncountable and Q countable.
>
> In my thinking, there is no difference between Q and R since we can
> write any element of R in the form of an element of Q.
> In the other words, R belongs to Q.
>
> for example: 0.8765=8765/100000
>

See if your text has a proof that the square-root of 2 is irrational.

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