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Q: When was irrational numbers discovered?
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When did Pythagoras discovered irrational numbers?

NEVER


What group of mathematicians first discovered the irrational numbers?

Pythogora


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.


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 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


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.


Properties of irrational numbers?

properties of irrational numbers


Are imaginary numbers irrational numbers?

No. Irrational numbers are real numbers, therefore it is not imaginary.


Is it true that no irrational numbers are whole numbers?

Yes, no irrational numbers are whole numbers.


If you add two irrational numbers do you get an irrational number?

Not necessarily. The sum of two irrational numbers can be rational or irrational.