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Also known as Pythagoras' constant, the square root of 2 is a positive real number that, when multiplied by itself, results in the number 2. Though perhaps less well known than pi, the square root of 2 was probably the first known irrational number—a real number that cannot be expressed as a ratio of two integers—and approximations of it have been found on an ancient Babylonian tablet and in ancient Indian texts. To how many decimal places has the value of the square root of 2 been calculated?

Date Published Sun, 5 Sep 2010 05:00:00 GMT

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	comments on The Square Root of Two please log in to comment... The x chromosome came first. Or was it the y... hmmm >}:^~ Spiny Norman 08:12:39 \| 6 Sep 2010 I'm chickening out already ....... what came first the chicken or the 'x'? Daddy Papersurfer 13:10:26 \| 5 Sep 2010 I think this might be a little above your head DP... let's start with 1 + x = 2 and then move onto irrational numbers later..... Spiny Norman 10:29:46 \| 5 Sep 2010 Was Pythagoras constant? Do we really know what sort of chap he was? Did he actually have baths? Did he use hair conditioner? ..... there's so much we don't know .... sorry, what was the question again? Daddy Papersurfer 09:22:13 \| 5 Sep 2010 Keep me notified


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