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What is an infinite surd?
Infinite surd is a term used in mathematics. The definition of an infinite surd is a never ending irrational number with an exact value that would be left in square root form.
How do you simplify a surd in the form A square root B?
A surd in the form a√b cannot, in general, be simplified.
Is every irrational a surd?
Normally they are.
Is square root of 8 a surd?
yes
Why was an irrational number called a 'surd' as opposed to an 'irrat'?
The term surd traces back to al-Khwārizmī, who referred to rational and irrational numbers as audible and inaudible, respectively. This later led to the Arabic word "أصم‎" (asamm, meaning "deaf" or "dumb") for irrational number being translated into Latin as "surdus" (meaning "deaf" or "mute").
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