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What type of numbers did the Pythagoreans discover?
Irrational 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
Are rational numbers is an irrational numbers?
yes * * * * * No. Rational and irrational numbers are two DISJOINT subsets of the real numbers. That is, no rational number is irrational and no irrational is rational.
Properties of irrational numbers?
properties of irrational numbers
Is it true that no irrational numbers are whole numbers?
Yes, no irrational numbers are whole numbers.
Are imaginary numbers irrational numbers?
No. Irrational numbers are real numbers, therefore it is not imaginary.
If you add two irrational numbers do you get an irrational number?
Not necessarily. The sum of two irrational numbers can be rational or irrational.
Are real numbers irrational numbers?
No, but the majority of real numbers are irrational. The set of real numbers is made up from the disjoint subsets of rational numbers and irrational numbers.
Are there irrational numbers that are not rational?
All irrational numbers are not rational.
How many irrational numbers are there?
There are an infinite number of irrational numbers.
When were irrational numbers first used?
If you mean by 'used' when were they first discussed then that was probably the Pythagoreans of Greece around the 5th century BC. They didn't use them so much as argue about them! The first mathematician to use them systematically was Abu Kamil Shuja ibn Aslam of Egypt, around the 9th century. He used them as solutions and coefficients of equations. For more information please see the wikipedia article about irrational numbers.
