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Q: What group of mathematicians first discovered the irrational numbers?
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When did irrational numbers derive?

The first proof of the existence of irrational numbers is usually attributed to a Pythagorean(possibly Hippasus of Metapontum), who probably discovered them while identifying sides of the pentagram in the fifth 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 first studied prime numbers?

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Modern written numbers were first deceloped by the mathematicians of?

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Modern written numbers were first developed by the mathematicians of?

India


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Which group of mathematics first discovered irrational numbers?

Irrational numbers were known in India around 7th Century BCE but there existence as a different class of number but they had not proved their existence. That is sometimes attributed to Hippasus, a Greek philosopher of the Pythagorean school in the 5th Century BCE.


Modern written numbers were first developed by the mathematicians of what country?

first in India but from Irabic numerals


What are the first ten irrational numbers?

Irrational numbers are infinitely dense so it is not possible to list them. Whatever positive irrational number you select, there are infinitely many smaller ones.


Are irrational numbers closed under division?

No. 4 root 2 and 2 root 2 are both irrational. Divide the first by the second you get 2. Which is not a member of the set of irrational numbers.


Arabic numbers were first used by the mathematicians of which country?

11/29/08 India


Which was the first irrational number to be discovered?

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