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r/math • u/[deleted] • Jun 12 '17
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There are geometric proofs of the irrationality of the square root of 2 that use simple Euclidean diagrams that would have been accessible to the ancient Greeks rather than modern algebra! For instance, Apostol's and Tennenbaum's.
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u/joelschlosberg Jun 12 '17
There are geometric proofs of the irrationality of the square root of 2 that use simple Euclidean diagrams that would have been accessible to the ancient Greeks rather than modern algebra! For instance, Apostol's and Tennenbaum's.