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Irrationality From The Book

arXiv:0909.4913

Abstract

We generalize Tennenbaum's geometric proof of the irrationality of sqrt(2) to sqrt(n) for n = 3, 5, 6 and 10. Modified version published in Mathematics Magazine \textbf{85} (2012), no. 2, 110--114.

7 pages, 5 figures