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They were known to the ancient civilisations. Irrational Numbers are supposed to have been discovered by Hippassus of Metapontum, a member of the Pythagorean school in ancient Greece (5th Century BC).

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Rational numbers were known to the ancient Egyptians, as well as other ancient cultures.

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