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Which group of mathematics first discovered irrational numbers?
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Irrational Numbers were known in India around 7th Century BCE but there existence as a different class of number but they had not proved their existence. That is sometimes attributed to Hippasus, a Greek philosopher of the Pythagorean school in the 5th Century BCE.
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Who is the inventor of prime numbers?
Mathematics, including prime numbers, is discovered, not invented.Systems and methods we use are invented, but concepts of relationships between objects governed by logic, such as the prime numbers are discovered and named. As such, a more appropriate question might be "Who discovered prime numbers?"Many have discovered prime numbers; the first is unknown to mankind.
What are the first ten irrational numbers?
Irrational numbers are infinitely dense so it is not possible to list them. Whatever positive irrational number you select, there are infinitely many smaller ones.
Which was the first irrational number to be discovered?
Type your answer here...square root of two or pie ?
What is the 1st irrational number?
There is no first irrational number. Irrational numbers are infinitely dense which means that there are infinitely many of them in any interval. So if any number laid claim to being the first, there would be infinitely many that would be between 0 and that number. Each one of them would then have a better claim to be "first".
How do you find an irrational number between two irrational numbers?
There may be many easier and better ways, but here's how I would do it: -- Square the first given irrational number. -- Square the second irrational number. -- Pick a nice ugly complicated decimal between the two squares. -- Take the square root of the number you picked. It's definitely between the two given numbers, and it would be a miracle if it's not irrational.
What group of mathematicians first discovered the irrational numbers?
Pythogora
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 is the inventor of prime numbers?
Mathematics, including prime numbers, is discovered, not invented.Systems and methods we use are invented, but concepts of relationships between objects governed by logic, such as the prime numbers are discovered and named. As such, a more appropriate question might be "Who discovered prime numbers?"Many have discovered prime numbers; the first is unknown to mankind.
When did irrational numbers derive?
The first proof of the existence of irrational numbers is usually attributed to a Pythagorean(possibly Hippasus of Metapontum), who probably discovered them while identifying sides of the pentagram in the fifth century BC.
What are the first ten irrational numbers?
Irrational numbers are infinitely dense so it is not possible to list them. Whatever positive irrational number you select, there are infinitely many smaller ones.
Are irrational numbers closed under division?
No. 4 root 2 and 2 root 2 are both irrational. Divide the first by the second you get 2. Which is not a member of the set of irrational numbers.
Which was the first irrational number to be discovered?
Type your answer here...square root of two or pie ?
Who first gave the idea of natural numbers in Mathematics?
Houdini
Modern written numbers were first developed by the mathematics of?
arBIA
Who discovered co-ordinates?
Rene Descartes first developed the mathematics of coordinate geometry.
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.
Is 121 an irrational number?
NO this number is way far from irrational, first of all let's classify this number, it's an integer, whole number, rational, even a perfect square. This number has two numbers that are not irrational. one example is 11, 11 those numbers are rational so the product can't be irrational.
