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An ancient Greek mathematician in the era of Pythagoras is said to have been murdered by his fellow secret society members for discovering the (now well-known) proof that square root of 2 is irrational.

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It is believed that Irrational Numbers were known in ancient India but there was no formal proof of their existence as a separate class of numbers. The proof is sometimes attributed to the Greek philosopher, Hippasus (several centuries later, 5th Century BCE).

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