The Square Root of Two to One Million Digits

256 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A conundrum faced ancient mathematicians. Which number to use for the square root of 2? Ancient Babylonians used the fraction 305470/216000. This was accurate to about six decimal places. Ancient Indians used the fraction 577/408. This fraction is accurate to five decimal places. Today, mathematicians understand that the square root of 2 is irrational, its digits go on forever without repeating. It is calculated using an infinite series. This book lists the first million digits of the square root of 2.

• Reihe: Math Books for Children
• Themen: Mathematik und Naturwissenschaften Mathematik Algebra
• ISBN: 9781632703651
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 09.06.2023
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Life is a Story Problem LLC
• Herausgegeben von: David E. McAdams