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They are numbers that are formed by linear combinations of square roots, cube roots (and other higher roots) of numbers which cannot be simplified into ratios of integers (ie rational numbers). The linear combinations may also contain integers.

A linear combination is simply a way of saying so many sqrt(2)s plus that many cuberoot(7)s etc.

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