why is the square root of 2 irrational?

[chrisheaven]

why?

 

[milagros317]

It is silly ask "why" about a mathematical fact.
Why is 2+3=5? 😛

 

[Bohemianne]

...because....because being declared square... it is forced to have 4 angles! Sh!t! 😀

 

[milagros317]

Actually, the proof that √2 is irrational greatly upset the mathematical school of Pythangorus. One of the Pythagoreans is alleged to have committed suicide because of it. 😱

 

[Bohemianne]

Actually, the proof that √2 is irrational greatly upset the mathematical school of Pythangorus. One of the Pythagoreans is alleged to have committed suicide because of it. 😱

... I have also heard that the infamous c-wedge accelerated their hypotenusian suicide by the sum of a[sup]2[/sup]+ b[sup]2[/sup]! 😱 😱 😱

 

[Lord Doctor]

It ate too puch pi and became what it ate: irrational.

 

[Candygirl]

Because you keep making silly threads full of lies and nonsense?

 

[chrisheaven]

Specifically, the Greeks discovered that the diagonal of a square whose sides are 1 unit long has a diagonal whose length cannot be rational. By the Pythagorean Theorem, the length of the diagonal equals the square root of 2. So the square root of 2 is irrational!

 

[milagros317]

Specifically, the Greeks discovered that the diagonal of a square whose sides are 1 unit long has a diagonal whose length cannot be rational. By the Pythagorean Theorem, the length of the diagonal equals the square root of 2. So the square root of 2 is irrational!

Since those same Greeks believed that any two physical lengths were commensurable*, that is what upset them greatly.

*both whole number multiples of a common smaller length

 

[Bohemianne]

The root cause of all of this conflict is one fact >>> Infinity is bullshit.

 

[chrisheaven]

Since those same Greeks believed that any two physical lengths were commensurable*, that is what upset them greatly.

*both whole number multiples of a common smaller length

yes-- they were of course mistaken in this belief

 

[milagros317]

yes-- they were of course mistaken in this belief

Correct. 😀