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Q: When did Pythagoras discovered irrational numbers?
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When was irrational numbers discovered?

Possibly 5th Century BC


Who invented the irrational number set?

Probably the ancient Egyptians who discovered that the diagonal of a unit square was not a rational number. And then discovered other such numbers.


What is a statement irrational numbers?

Irrational numbers are real numbers.


Why did Pythagoras discovered Pythagoras theorem?

Pythagoras discovred it to find unknown sides in a right angled triangle


What happened to man that reveals Pythagoras irrational secret?

He got killed

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Who discovered irrational numbers?

Hippasus, However Pythagoras could not accept the existence of irrational numbers, because he believed that all numbers had perfect values. But he could not disprove Hippasus' "irrational numbers" and so Hippasus was thrown overboard and drowned.


Why was Pythagoras known as the father of numbers?

Pythagoras is called the father of numbers because he discovered the Pythagoras theoram.


What happened to the person who discovered irrational numbers?

Little is really ''known'' about this. Stories abound and many conflict. The surest element of the tales is that root 2 was the first number proven irrational. The favourite for "whodunnit" was Hippasus. Many tales are told of his death by drowning. "Whodun'''that"''' has various answers with Pythagoras as the favourite pusher. Other stories have Pythagoras ordering Hippasus drowned for revealing the existence of irrational numbers, which Pythagoras thought should be kept secret.


Did Pythagoras discover prime numbers?

No He discovered how to work out the hypotenuse


What group of mathematicians first discovered the irrational numbers?

Pythogora


When was irrational numbers discovered?

Possibly 5th Century BC


If a is rational and b is rational is a to the b power is rational?

No. For example, 20.5 is irrational; indeed it was one of the first irrational numbers to be discovered.


Who said numbers rule the universe?

Pythagoras


Who invented the irrational number set?

Probably the ancient Egyptians who discovered that the diagonal of a unit square was not a rational number. And then discovered other such numbers.


What are the solutions of irrational numbers?

They are irrational numbers!


What are irrational numbers and why are they irrational?

They are numbers that are infinite


What is a statement irrational numbers?

Irrational numbers are real numbers.