Prove the square root of 2 is an irrational number.

Maverick Avery

Maverick Avery

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2022-10-28

Prove the square root of 2 is an irrational number.

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Martha Dickson

Martha Dickson

Beginner2022-10-29Added 20 answers

You could write it compactly like
p q ( p 2 = 2 q 2 )
where the domain is the natural numbers. This way you don't even need to talk about irrational numbers or square roots, or even division and rationals explicitly, only natural numbers and multiplication on natural numbers.

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