To: Faraday; AmishDude
An irrational number is one that cannot be expressed as a quotient of two integers; the square root of two, for example, is irrational. An irrational number is called algebraic if it is the root of a polynomial with integer coefficients, as is the square root of two. A number which is not algebraic is called transcendental.
To: Aurelius
Where the heck were you when I was flunking basic algebra?
:) I sure could have used your help.
155 posted on
12/08/2001 4:38:41 PM PST by
LibKill
To: Aurelius
Yeah, that too. I just figured anyone who cared, knew.
Boy was I wrong.
To: Aurelius
Thanks for the explanation.
172 posted on
12/08/2001 4:54:34 PM PST by
Faraday
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