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When was irrational numbers discovered?
Possibly 5th Century BC
Who invented the irrational number set?
Probably the ancient Egyptians who discovered that the diagonal of a unit square was not a rational number. And then discovered other such numbers.
Why did Pythagoras discovered Pythagoras theorem?
Pythagoras discovred it to find unknown sides in a right angled triangle
What happened to man that reveals Pythagoras irrational secret?
He got killed
Are rational numbers is an irrational numbers?
yes * * * * * No. Rational and irrational numbers are two DISJOINT subsets of the real numbers. That is, no rational number is irrational and no irrational is rational.
Who discovered irrational numbers?
Hippasus, However Pythagoras could not accept the existence of irrational numbers, because he believed that all numbers had perfect values. But he could not disprove Hippasus' "irrational numbers" and so Hippasus was thrown overboard and drowned.
Why was Pythagoras known as the father of numbers?
Pythagoras is called the father of numbers because he discovered the Pythagoras theoram.
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.
Did Pythagoras discover prime numbers?
No He discovered how to work out the hypotenuse
What group of mathematicians first discovered the irrational numbers?
Pythogora
When was irrational numbers discovered?
Possibly 5th Century BC
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 discovered the amicable numbers 2620 and 2924?
The amicable numbers 2620 and 2924 were discovered by the ancient Greek mathematician Pythagoras. These numbers have a special relationship where the sum of the factors of one number equals the other, and vice versa.
Who invented the irrational number set?
Probably the ancient Egyptians who discovered that the diagonal of a unit square was not a rational number. And then discovered other such numbers.
What are the solutions of irrational numbers?
They are irrational numbers!
What are irrational numbers and why are they irrational?
They are numbers that are infinite
Who is the founder of irrational numbers?
The history of this is confused. The first irrational number found was almost certainly root 2. The man who proved this was probably Hippasus.Hippasus died by drowning, and some stories say that Pythagoras drowned him for proving the existence of an irational number which he thought was impossible. Others say that Pythagoras ordered the drowning of Hippasus for revealing the existence of an irrational number which should be kept fron public knowledge.
