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RE: Anatomy of a Proof - Why We Know For Sure Some Numbers Cannot Be Expressed as Fractions

in #mathematics8 years ago (edited)

My favorite complementary theorems in all of mathematics: between every two rational numbers there is an irrational number, and between every two irrational numbers there is a rational number, proving the real numbers are dense.

If Pythagoras found that out:

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Haha, yep! Probably would have been burned at the stake or sacrificed in the name of the Gods.